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Copper: An Update

What future prices will be is a mixture of diverse developments, most of which stem from the closure of the Straits of Hormoz and Bab al-Mandab.

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Simon Hunt
Aug 22, 2026
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Introduction

LME copper prices at over $14,000 are a bet on Washington imposing tariffs on imported cathodes and on future cathode demand exceeding future supply.

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