COPPER CONCS SNAPSHOT: TCs below $30 per tonne for third week; smelters buying at $20s

Key data from Fastmarkets' pricing sessions on Friday March 26 in the Asia-Pacific region.

Fastmarkets' copper concentrates treatment charge/refining charge (TC/RC) index, cif Asia-Pacific, resumed its downtrend this week after a slight rebound in mid-March.
This was the third week the TC index has remained below the level of $30 per tonne.

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