Given prevailing market conditions, reports that Codelco has cut copper price premiums for 2016 sharply was hardly that surprising. We therefore think the negative market reaction has been overdone, particularly as the lower premium could actually encourage more buying than would otherwise have been the case. This is another reason why we are also wary of recent predictions that China’s copper imports could fall by 10% next year.
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