Zambia's KCM signs $498 million deal with Chinese firm for copper recovery plant
A new copper recovery plant deal could increase recovered copper supply from Zambia.
Source →The trace
How it reaches your house.
Starting from Jiangxi Copper Company Limited, we walked the supply graph hop by hop to the goods you buy and the companies you own. Each step is the engine’s reasoning, scored for confidence and cited where a source backs it.
First impact
Jiangxi Copper Company Limited →supply upKCM's new tailings leach plant is expected to add about 70,000 tonnes of copper output per year, which should modestly increase availability of refined copper feedstock for Jiangxi Copper.
58% confidenceTongling Nonferrous Metals Group →supply upKCM's new tailings recovery plant is intended to add 70,000 tonnes/year of copper output, which should modestly lift refined copper availability and ease input pressure for Tongling.
56% confidenceJiangxi Copper Company Limited →supply upElectrolytic Copper (Conductor Grade)
The added copper recovery capacity should also make refined electrolytic copper more available, easing supply for this conductor-grade input.
Hop 2
Copper cathodes (refined) →supply upMore refined copper from the Zambia recovery plant directly eases this critical, highly dependent input into wiring production.
97% confidenceCopper ore concentrate →supply upCopper ore concentrate is a critical input to copper and electrical wiring, so added recovered copper supply should ease input availability for that downstream good.
77% confidenceElectrolytic Copper (Conductor Grade) →supply upHop 3
Electric grid transformers →supply upElectrolytic Copper (Conductor Grade)
A Zambian copper recovery plant should increase copper feedstock availability, and conductor-grade electrolytic copper is a critical transformer input on this edge.
79% confidenceChile →supply upA new copper recovery plant in Zambia adds refined copper supply, increasing availability in the same copper cathode market that Chile supplies.
70% confidenceChile →supply up
Where it lands
What you buy, and what you own.
Goods you buy
Copper and electrical wiring · Electric grid transformers
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