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Copper

Copper cash price, US dollars per tonne. Zambia’s largest export earner.

14,416 USD/tSep 2026+1.9%on the month+43.3%on the year
12-month average12,862
Record high14,416Sep 2026
Record low1,378Oct 2001
Observations310since Dec 2000

Copper, Dec 2000 to Sep 2026

05,00010k15k20kDec ’00Mar ’04Jun ’07Sep ’10Dec ’13Mar ’17Jun ’20Sep ’2314,416

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MonthCopper (USD/t)
Sep 202614,416
Aug 202614,151
Jul 202613,579
Jun 202613,594
May 202613,609
Apr 202613,027
Mar 202612,578
Feb 202613,035
Jan 202613,015
Dec 202511,781
Nov 202510,823
Oct 202510,738
Sep 202510,056
Aug 20259,751
Jul 20259,782
Jun 20259,706
May 20259,508
Apr 20259,196
Mar 20259,767
Feb 20259,398
Jan 20259,106
Dec 20249,028
Nov 20249,204
Oct 20249,687
Sep 20249,387
Aug 20249,099
Jul 20249,505
Jun 20249,781
May 202410,237
Apr 20249,566
Mar 20248,800
Feb 20248,401
Jan 20248,443
Dec 20238,493
Nov 20238,278
Oct 20238,014
Sep 20238,317
Aug 20238,381
Jul 20238,511
Jun 20238,397
May 20238,275
Apr 20238,826
Mar 20238,861
Feb 20238,958
Jan 20239,055
Dec 20228,400
Nov 20228,057
Oct 20227,596
Sep 20227,698
Aug 20227,960
Jul 20227,527
Jun 20229,068
May 20229,366
Apr 202210,197
Mar 202210,205
Feb 20229,900
Jan 20229,765
Dec 20219,528
Nov 20219,583
Oct 20219,605
Sep 20219,328
Aug 20219,343
Jul 20219,490
Jun 20219,710
May 202110,182
Apr 20219,231
Mar 20218,964
Feb 20218,462
Jan 20217,978
Dec 20207,775
Nov 20207,078
Oct 20206,720
Sep 20206,708
Aug 20206,508
Jul 20206,397
Jun 20205,751
May 20205,277
Apr 20205,084
Mar 20205,161
Feb 20205,731
Jan 20206,088
Dec 20196,092
Nov 20195,871
Oct 20195,772
Sep 20195,786
Aug 20195,747
Jul 20195,960
Jun 20195,902
May 20196,123
Apr 20196,459
Mar 20196,426
Feb 20196,289
Jan 20195,990
Dec 20186,098
Nov 20186,193
Oct 20186,222
Sep 20186,074
Aug 20186,079
Jul 20186,266
Jun 20186,968
May 20186,856
Apr 20186,891
Mar 20186,823
Feb 20187,047
Jan 20187,108
Dec 20176,882
Nov 20176,858
Oct 20176,843
Sep 20176,617
Aug 20176,522
Jul 20176,015
Jun 20175,747
May 20175,647
Apr 20175,745
Mar 20175,853
Feb 20175,967
Jan 20175,764
Dec 20165,652
Nov 20165,457
Oct 20164,750
Sep 20164,740
Aug 20164,759
Jul 20164,884
Jun 20164,649
May 20164,696
Apr 20164,857
Mar 20164,942
Feb 20164,594
Jan 20164,482
Dec 20154,647
Nov 20154,786
Oct 20155,205
Sep 20155,202
Aug 20155,126
Jul 20155,500
Jun 20155,848
May 20156,295
Apr 20156,027
Mar 20155,916
Feb 20155,711
Jan 20155,804
Dec 20146,387
Nov 20146,648
Oct 20146,682
Sep 20146,838
Aug 20146,988
Jul 20147,105
Jun 20146,792
May 20146,833
Apr 20146,665
Mar 20146,648
Feb 20147,104
Jan 20147,262
Dec 20137,248
Nov 20137,074
Oct 20137,224
Sep 20137,187
Aug 20137,203
Jul 20136,876
Jun 20137,004
May 20137,237
Apr 20137,221
Mar 20137,653
Feb 20138,070
Jan 20138,043
Dec 20127,952
Nov 20127,694
Oct 20128,055
Sep 20128,068
Aug 20127,494
Jul 20127,580
Jun 20127,415
May 20127,935
Apr 20128,270
Mar 20128,451
Feb 20128,423
Jan 20128,021
Dec 20117,570
Nov 20117,556
Oct 20117,348
Sep 20118,315
Aug 20119,043
Jul 20119,619
Jun 20119,045
May 20118,941
Apr 20119,490
Mar 20119,531
Feb 20119,868
Jan 20119,564
Dec 20109,168
Nov 20108,470
Oct 20108,283
Sep 20107,705
Aug 20107,278
Jul 20106,731
Jun 20106,481
May 20106,835
Apr 20107,757
Mar 20107,440
Feb 20106,848
Jan 20107,384
Dec 20096,989
Nov 20096,676
Oct 20096,288
Sep 20096,196
Aug 20096,170
Jul 20095,221
Jun 20095,015
May 20094,562
Apr 20094,411
Mar 20093,750
Feb 20093,315
Jan 20093,204
Dec 20083,056
Nov 20083,721
Oct 20084,926
Sep 20086,985
Aug 20087,645
Jul 20088,405
Jun 20088,261
May 20088,378
Apr 20088,685
Mar 20088,375
Feb 20087,873
Jan 20087,055
Dec 20076,596
Nov 20076,954
Oct 20077,998
Sep 20077,649
Aug 20077,513
Jul 20077,962
Jun 20077,476
May 20077,698
Apr 20077,738
Mar 20076,450
Feb 20075,676
Jan 20076,236
Dec 20066,647
Nov 20067,029
Oct 20067,506
Sep 20067,602
Aug 20067,689
Jul 20067,718
Jun 20067,198
May 20068,021
Apr 20066,370
Mar 20065,104
Feb 20064,993
Jan 20064,600
Dec 20054,576
Nov 20054,269
Oct 20054,060
Sep 20053,858
Aug 20053,800
Jul 20053,620
Jun 20053,524
May 20053,254
Apr 20053,394
Mar 20053,380
Feb 20053,254
Jan 20053,175
Dec 20043,148
Nov 20043,120
Oct 20043,013
Sep 20042,893
Aug 20042,845
Jul 20042,808
Jun 20042,687
May 20042,741
Apr 20042,952
Mar 20043,009
Feb 20042,763
Jan 20042,419
Dec 20032,207
Nov 20032,055
Oct 20031,921
Sep 20031,790
Aug 20031,761
Jul 20031,710
Jun 20031,686
May 20031,646
Apr 20031,590
Mar 20031,658
Feb 20031,684
Jan 20031,643
Dec 20021,593
Nov 20021,582
Oct 20021,487
Sep 20021,479
Aug 20021,479
Jul 20021,589
Jun 20021,645
May 20021,578
Apr 20021,591
Mar 20021,604
Feb 20021,562
Jan 20021,502
Dec 20011,468
Nov 20011,428
Oct 20011,378
Sep 20011,426
Aug 20011,477
Jul 20011,524
Jun 20011,609
May 20011,677
Apr 20011,664
Mar 20011,739
Feb 20011,766
Jan 20011,787
Dec 20001,846

Source: London Metal Exchange. Monthly. Gaps in the line are months with no published figure.

Change on a year earlier

Each bar is this month against the same month twelve months before — the comparison that strips out the seasonal pattern.

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