Copper concentrate market quiet as talks continue on half-year supply deal

Spot business in the copper concentrates market has been thin in the week ending Friday June 9, with smelters showing little buying interest and the market being well-supplied.

“It’s a buyers’ market now, and it’s possible for smelters to get clean units [in the spot market] at [treatment charges] in the low $90s [per tonne],” one smelter source...