RE: Copper latest24 Apr 2021 12:18
Overall, copper prices have “been quite strong,” said Rob Haworth, senior investment strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth Management.
There’s been a “shift in demand toward the digital economy and rising demand for technology to support” the work-from-home move during the pandemic, said Haworth.
“Technology, semiconductors, data centers and cellular towers all require significant copper usage,” he told MarketWatch.
Meanwhile, “we have not seen an investment in new copper supply over the past few years, which means users have been competing for the relatively scarce supplies of copper, leaving price as the arbiter of who receives this supply,” Haworth said. “Mine development is a long-term activity, leaving us with a tight market for some time.”