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Commented by Tarik Dede on June 5th, 2026 | 07:25 CEST

Copper at Record High: Investors Benefit from Ivanhoe Mines, Power Metallic Mines, and Southern Copper

  • Mining
  • PGMs
  • PGEs
  • Copper
  • Electrification

Despite all the concerns about the global economy, copper continues to shine. The red industrial metal is currently trading at an all-time high, and nothing seems capable of derailing this trend. And that is clearly due to supply-side factors. The mudslide disaster at the massive Grasberg mine in Indonesia last September, as well as the recent slump in copper production in Chile (-14% in March), demonstrate just how fragile production is. And that is driving prices up. Banks such as Goldman Sachs and Commerzbank are now extremely bullish. The US investment bank recently raised its forecasts; it now predicts an average price of USD 13,800 per ton for 2027. The Frankfurt-based bank is singing the same tune and sees the price stabilizing in the USD 14,000 range.

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