Metals Market Volatility Creates Winners and Losers Amid Macroeconomic Uncertainty
Base metals markets remain volatile amid structural deficits, AI-driven infrastructure growth, and macroeconomic headwinds like high energy prices and inflation fears. Copper remains range-bound as analysts at Standard Chartered expect elevated prices in H2 due to tariff uncertainty and supply-demand imbalances.
Topics: AI infrastructure demand base metals copper prices global inflation fears tariffs