Government of India, Ministry of Mines, Indian Bureau of Mines, Mineral Economics Division, 2011. —210 p.The present report on Market Survey on Copper is the 33rd publication in the series of Market Survey Reports brought out by the Mineral Economics Division of the Bureau. Copper, one of the base metals has gained significant importance in the recent years both globally and in the domestic context. Country’s demand of copper metal is met largely through imported concentrates. The last five years witnessed wide fluctuations in the prices of copper metal. Copper being a versatile metal finds uses in many sectors right from households, infrastructure to telecommunication. Hence, from the raw material security point of view it was considered necessary to take up a Market Survey on Copper to analyse its domestic availability / demand, import dependence, the global scenario and the future outlook. In this survey, domestic demand has been forecast. The supply position analysing the resources and production in the country has been dealt with in
detail. The scrap processing industry to augment the supply position for meeting both the domestic demand and export market is also discussed. An attempt has also been made to analyse the foreign markets.Introduction
Uses & specifications
Supply
Foreign market
Prices
Demand & supply
Summary
List of annexures
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