The copper concentrate market faces unprecedented tightness in 2025, driven by new smelting capacity and Indonesia's export ban.
What you’ll learn:
- Japan's supply squeeze: How smelters are responding to the loss of nearly 500kt of Indonesian concentrate.
- India's growth ambitions: The progress of Adani's new Kutch copper smelter to secure 2mt and the evolving strategy at Birla Copper's Dahej.
- China's diversified sourcing: From major producers in Chile and Peru to niche corners of the market including Spain and Eritrea, how Chinese smelters are dominating available supply.