Antofagasta expects 2024 copper output at low end of yearly forecast
Antofagasta produced 284,700 metric tons of copper in the first half, down 3.7% from the same period in 2023.
Copper price rose on Monday supported by a weak US dollar and hopes of better demand after China’s pledge to boost its economy and real estate sector.
Copper for delivery in March rose 0.3% on the Comex market in New York, touching $3.81 per pound or $8,382 per tonne.
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The most-traded January copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange added 0.8% to 66,010 yuan a tonne as of 0614 GMT.
The dollar slid against most currencies on Friday as data signaled that the US economy is cooling a bit, reinforcing expectations of smaller interest rate increases from the Federal Reserve and improving investors’ risk appetite.
Raising hopes of policy support, a top advisor to the People’s Bank of China on Saturday called for the strengthening of real estate policy in light of sluggish economic growth over the past several years.
Amid a new wave of infections, however, China’s National Health Commission said it would stop publishing daily case numbers for the coronavirus, complicating investors’ task to assess the economic impact.
(With files from Reuters)
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