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Importance of changes in the global copper price on Chile and Peru economy

The growth of the concentrate price in 2021

11% of Chile’s GDP and 10% of Peru’s GDP are related to the extraction of mineral metal; among all these metals, copper is known as the crucial one in these two countries. As a consequence, copper accounts an important metal for the countries’ economies.

In view of the increase in the global copper price in 2021, Chile’s concentrate and cathode experienced an increase in their export price which respectively was 33.9% and 34%, and this increase was about 35% and 32.6% for Peru’s concentrate and cathode.

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The world molybdenum concentrate market is dominated by South America

The global trades of molybdenum concentrate investigation

Molybdenum concentrate is used as a raw material in various industries including steel and alloying, and it is particularly used in the production of alloys required by the aviation industry, as well as iron casting, including steel sheet, rebar, and steel pipes.

Chile with the help of 31% share in export of molybdenum concentrate in 2021, turned to the largest molybdenum in the whole world which Japan and South Korea are this country’s key export destination. And the largest importer of molybdenum is china with 14% share of the global imports and Chile is its main imported origin.

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Chile’s position in the global copper cathode trade is weakening

The global copper cathode trade

Chile has maintained its first position in the global market of copper upstream product, such as copper cathodes over the past 10 years, and has accounted for a share of 30%. But despite the greater prosperity of the copper trade, the global growth rate of Chile’s export share decreased.

Chile, Japan, and Russia are among the main copper cathode exporters in the world. These 3 countries accounted for about 43% of these upstream copper products in the global total export market on average, over the past 10 years.

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