USA: US$ 5,826/MT China: US$ 7,978/MT UK: US$ 5,083/MT Brazil: US$ 8,076/MT Indonesia: US$ 7,420/MT . USA: Copper scrap price trend in the USA showed modest monthly fluctuations during Q2 2025, ...

LME copper inventories tripled since mid-July, indicating a lackluster demand for the metal. The ongoing UAW strike poses a threat to the copper demand due to its impact on the EV rollout. Copper ...

Traders refer to the price of physical copper as the spot price. Because these transactions are for immediate delivery, they’re settled on the spot. Copper spot prices are typically quoted in pounds ...

U.S. copper scrap traders said Friday, Jan. 9, the domestic market remained tight, though spreads to top-buyer China had widened with more material flowing into the market before the Asian New Year ...

Copper is an essential industrial metal, but a series of major supply disruptions this year and a lack of new mines coming ...

Mid-November brought good news in the form of a constructive meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping, an avoided government shutdown and cooling inflation as well as ...

And this tells us that the current protections are either ... not realizing they’re not copper and lack scrap value. Related: Port Orchard wire theft part of trend that's growing as copper prices rise ...