US copper imports this year unlikely to beat 2025 record, analysts say
Geopolitics · Mining.com ·
Refined copper imports into the United States are not likely to surpass last year's record shipments, curbed by swelling stockpiles and a spike in logistics costs from the Iran war. COMEX prices are again trading higher than the LME global benchmark as the market waits to see if President Trump will impose tariffs on imports of the metal.