Supply Constraints and Trade Fears Push Copper to All?Time High

2026-01-07 12:30:00 ET

Copper prices climbed to a fresh record on Tuesday (January 6), as persistent supply disruptions and trade uncertainty capped a nearly 30 percent rally since October.

Benchmark three?month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) rose as much as 3.1 percent in early trading to an all?time high of US$13,387.50 per metric ton, before settling slightly lower but still above US$13,200.

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