LME Copper stock6 Oct 2018 13:20
Afternoon all - from TDT on II:
LME copper stocks down 17,875 tonnes for the week, almost 9% of the total stock in the exchange and Goldman Sachs doesn’t think there’s a supply side squeeze on the way! Only 186,800 tonnes left in the LME which is way below 1% of annual global consumption.
And there’s this:-
“Declining ore grades for copper, continued lack of investment in new mines and the time required to bring new discoveries to production will constrain metal availability and, ultimately, the metal sector’s ability to meet growing demand from automakers for battery electric vehicle production” says Carol Cowan, a Moody’s Senior Vice President.
Moody’s forecasts copper consumption in BEVs could increase more than six times based on the rating agency’s base scenario of penetration levels reach 8% by mid-2020. This demand level would far outstrip supply, which will be relatively flat over the next several years.