Gold ₹15,652.75/g ▲ +0.00% Silver ₹236.98/g ▲ +0.00% Platinum ₹5,607.08/g ▲ +0.01% Palladium ₹4,365.75/g ▲ +0.02% Rhodium ₹24,896.83/g ▲ +0.58% Copper ₹1,267.10/kg ▲ +0.09% Aluminium ₹281.62/kg ▲ +0.02% Cobalt ₹4,897.71/kg ▲ +0.02% Gallium ₹23,081.30/kg ▼ -0.02% Indium ₹69,179.26/kg ▼ -0.02% Iron Ore ₹8.34/kg ▲ +0.02% Lead ₹165.99/kg ▲ +0.02% Lithium ₹1,978.40/kg ▼ -0.02% Molybdenum ₹7,984.71/kg ▼ -0.02% Nickel ₹1,460.56/kg ▲ +0.02% Neodymium ₹12,348.81/kg ▼ -0.02% Tin ₹4,796.34/kg ▲ +0.02% Tellurium ₹10,312.23/kg ▼ -0.02% Uranium ₹17,129.61/kg ▲ +0.02% Zinc ₹336.41/kg ▲ +0.07% Crude Oil (Brent) ₹8,420.73/bbl ▲ +0.02% Crude Oil (WTI) ₹7,962.19/bbl ▲ +0.01% Gasoline ₹309.93/gal ▲ +0.02% Natural Gas ₹275.18/MMBtu ▲ +0.07%

Industry

Metals Processing

The industry that smelts and refines mined ore and concentrate into usable metal; Chinese copper smelters currently operate on record-low, often negative, processing margins.

Covered in 1 MetalsCost.com News Intelligence article, most recently on August 26, 2026.

Coverage

Copper Market Tipped Into a Real Deficit in June as Supply Setbacks Mount, Commerzbank Says

Chinese smelters are running at a loss on a per-tonne processing basis, with treatment and refining charges negative for 19 straight months, forcing the output cuts now showing up in July and August's production data.

Bullish · 4 days ago