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Physical Metals Weekly

What the physical market says that the price chart doesn't: official fixes, the copper cash–3-month spread, and the visible inventory buffer.

data as of 2026-10-16 · published 2026-10-19 · next update weekly

TL;DR — the read in bullets

Copper is in BACKWARDATION: cash trades 110 $/t ABOVE 3-month, backwardated in 20 of the last 20 sessions — while LME warehouse stocks are UP 55% YTD to 225,425 t. Spot premium alongside rising inventories is a tension worth watching: the spread says now-metal is scarce where it's wanted, the stocks say the buffer is growing where it's stored.

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