## Copper Peaks: When the Market Exhausts Its Supplies
The global copper market is showing extreme tension. In recent months, prices have surpassed the $13 000 mark per ton for the first time in history, signaling a critical supply shortage and a shift in global trade flows.
### Why the world is running out of copper: three key factors
**Supply crisis in development**
In Chile – the world's largest copper producer – a serious situation has unfolded. A strike at the Mantoverde mine threatens extraction, which means a loss of 0.5% of global production. At the same time, mining operations in othe
View OriginalThe global copper market is showing extreme tension. In recent months, prices have surpassed the $13 000 mark per ton for the first time in history, signaling a critical supply shortage and a shift in global trade flows.
### Why the world is running out of copper: three key factors
**Supply crisis in development**
In Chile – the world's largest copper producer – a serious situation has unfolded. A strike at the Mantoverde mine threatens extraction, which means a loss of 0.5% of global production. At the same time, mining operations in othe