Copper price collapses by 20% as US excludes refined metal from tariffs
The decision is the latest surprise from Trump to upend the copper market.
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Chile, the world's biggest supplier of the red metal, is also the top importer of copper cathodes to the United States.
Trump shocks markets with scaled-back copper tariff
The tariffs will exclude copper scrap and copper input materials such as copper ores, concentrates, mattes, cathodes, and anodes, the statement said.
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POSCO offers $62M cash for Lithium South assets in Argentina
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Southern Copper warns US-China trade war could hit copper in short-term
"We maintain a positive long-term outlook for copper," company CFO said.
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