Why is there a shortage of copper on the ground when there appears to be a surplus on paper?

The copper market is currently navigating a confusing yet instructive phase, characterized by two conflicting narratives. Understanding the divergence between official projections and the realities on the ground is key to gauging the future direction of copper.

Reports on paper point to an abundance, while the physical market suggests that copper is hard to come by. Which one is closer to reality?

What do global reports say?

According to an October report from an international copper research group

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flower99 41 minutes ago

USD1 Market Update

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Mr_Gin an hour ago

[New streamer BTC]

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CryptoRyan 5 minutes ago

The uncanny similarities have even more confluences.
$BTC $VIX

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NightRainListeningToTheWaves 2 hours ago

I told everyone to sell half of their spot holdings, take profit on futures or reduce positions and move up stop losses, so you could secure your profits. I said during the day that we’d see a pullback! I didn’t expect it to be this big. Crypto and US stocks are plunging. The market is now severely oversold. If you go long here at 2250, set your stop loss at 2244 and take profit around 2330. For this trade, I’d recommend buying spot more—just buy and be done with it.

You can buy SanDisk now too—just buy the stock outright. Buy Google, buy Tesla! US stocks have fallen so much that there’s gold

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GateUser-7a4b593a an hour ago

#nokia It was a beauty; we drew it and tossed it. It had hit $15

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𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐦®17 minutes ago

Your circle of competence is smaller than you think.
Most losses come from investing in things you do not truly understand.
Staying inside what you know is not a limitation.
It is the only reliable edge available to ordinary investors.

Rashid_BNB28 minutes ago

JUST IN: American Bitcoin mined 891 $BTC in Q3, growings reserve to 8,427 BTC

Co-founder Eric Trump says the company mined Bitcoin below spot market prices and increased its Bitcoin per share by approximately 5%.

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GateUser-e800eaed an hour ago

Is this Sesame platform still reliable?

CryptoRetardio 2 hours ago

Will the USA halt trading today? 1% away...
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SmartBrother an hour ago

I really can’t take much more! But looking back, that move to proactively reduce positions in the subaccount was a lifesaver. Otherwise, I might have handed back every bit of the hard-earned profit I built up in October! To put it bluntly, the several hundred U left in my subaccount have now been completely wiped out!
My nerves are really shot. Trading in the $BT scene is just this surreal—things can turn on a dime. We spent all day dithering and moving sideways around 80,000, then the moment US stocks opened, they inexplicably dragged the entire crypto market into the gutter!

Honestly, I st

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BtcsosSignalSharing 2 hours ago

📋 Signal card repost time
Channel: Bit_Guru Asset: $VVV Long entry: 20.386 Target: 21.135 / 21.634 / 22.382 Stop-loss: 19.887
I just finished reposting this person's $AIGENSYN trade earlier, and here they are again—so diligent 😂
As always, I’m only here to relay the signals, not to press the buttons for you. Whether to follow and how much to invest is up to you, folks~
Shared as a personal record, not investment advice. #CircleQ3营收超预期，USDC链上交易量增长49% CRCL -10.63% xCRCL -10.43%

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UnaYouna 2 hours ago

One long trade (a nice profit), two waves of shorts; the students followed throughout.

The market structure was off, so I banked 900 points on Bitcoin. $BTC

Then U.S. stocks plunged, confirming the correlation logic. We banked another 2,000 points.

It wasn’t luck; it was logic. $ETH
 Resistance, fading momentum, cross-market correlations—once you understand them, the market is practically handing you money. $SOL

Those who followed along have been sleeping soundly these past two days.

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IncomeSharks an hour ago

$XLP - Consumer staple stocks continue to see liquidity flow back to them. The idea of cash positive companies with dividends suddenly sounds more appealing than speculative AI stocks with more volatility than crypto.

borovik.eth 2 hours ago

Why is the stock market crashing??
Idk… maybe because Democrats want to BAN AI on day one
You know… the one industry holding up the entire US economy

StarshineWisdomEyesSmartTravel an hour ago

$ETH Long position: 2256–2265 is the 4-hour support buyers need to hold 👀 Price is currently in this zone. I want to see buyers step in here, rather than price breaking below support. A drop to 2186 invalidates this trade idea. The 4-hour price is 2260, below the 2315 EMA50, so this is a countertrend trade; the stop-loss remains unchanged. Stop-loss risk is 3.3%, with potential gains of 5.2% at TP3, approximately 1.6R. The 1-hour RSI is 24, indicating a post-pullback reset rather than overextension. 🟢 Long position · Entry 2256–2265 · Take-profit 2305 / 2335 / 2379 · Stop-loss 2186 Not finan

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adam_greeks_live 2 hours ago

The U.S. stock market is in free fall. AI stocks, led by semiconductors, occupy several of the top spots among the biggest losers, while their bearish derivatives top the list.
The market has dragged crypto down with it, and IV is rising across the board. The impact of the midterm elections is growing. Remember, 312 happened when the pandemic black swan hit during Trump’s first term. Now his second term has reached another crossroads, so buying some put options is a no-lose proposition. (I’ve been saying to buy puts for the past two months)

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