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Copper Price Trends
Procurement Resource provides latest prices of Copper. Each price database is tied to a user-friendly graphing tool dating back to 2014, which provides a range of functionalities: configuration of price series over user defined time period; comparison of product movements across countries; customisation of price currencies and unit; extraction of price data as excel files to be used offline.
Chart Description:
Procurement Resource provides prices of Copper for several around the globe, which are as follows:
- North America
- South America
- Europe
- Asia Pacific
- Middle East
- Africa
About Copper:
Copper is a chemical element which is known to be a soft, ductile, and malleable metal. Copper is utilised in several areas, like as a conductor of heat and electricity. Being a metal, it has a very high thermal and electrical conductivity. Further, the element is also one of the essential dietary minerals for all the living organisms.
Chemical Formula:
- Cu
Synonyms:
- 7440-50-8
- Cuprum
Molecular Weight:
- 63.55 g/mol
Industrial Uses:
- Electronics
- Petrochemicals
- Transportation
- Machinery
Production Process:
- Production of Copper via Copper Mining
Copper is mined and extracted from the ores of Copper Sulphides. Copper mining is done from large open pit mines in porphyry copper deposits. Mining is a huge process which includes several steps such as grinding, concentration and refining to finally obtain Copper.
Supplier Database:
- Umicore N.V
- American Elements
- MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC
- Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.
- Jinchuan Group International Resources Co. Ltd
- Glencore plc
- The Doe Run Resources Corporation
- Codelco Mining company
- Freeport-McMoRan Inc.
- Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP)Group Limited
- Rio Tinto plc
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Methodology:
The displayed pricing data is derived through weighted average purchase price, including contract and spot transactions at the specified locations unless otherwise stated. The information provided comes from the compilation and processing of commercial data officially reported for each nation (i.e. government agencies, external trade bodies, and industry publications).