Imports of unwrought copper and copper products for the year came in at 6.68 million tonnes.

China’s massive buying spree appears to be ending, and import demand may be returning to what could be viewed as more “normal” levels.

Graphic from CSIS China Power Project tracks China’s exports in 2019, providing a glimpse of the country’s dominating presence in the global supply chain.

Company will source cobalt hydroxide at prevailing market prices from Glencore's Kamoto Copper operation for five years starting in 2022.

The blast occurred at the Hushan mine in Qixia, Shandong province.

While Indonesia was China’s second-biggest supplier, it has now seen demand surge as imports from Australia dropped to nearly zero.

Copper has been wrapped into a larger reflationary trade which leaves it exposed to broader market turbulence such as a sell-off in global equity markets.