The global copper market is facing simultaneous pressures from an outage at Indonesia's Gresik smelter and the DRC imposing a blanket export ban on raw copper concentrates.
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Updated Aug 18
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What happened
The global copper market is facing simultaneous pressures from an outage at Indonesia's Gresik smelter and the DRC imposing a blanket export ban on raw copper concentrates.
Who's involved
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The entities involved
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Indonesia
island country in Southeast Asia and Oceania
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
country in Central Africa
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