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Copper sits at the heart of the energy transition, yet its market still trades on old and new fundamentals colliding. Copper Weekly , a Benchmark Podcast, cuts through the noise in 10–15 minutes, giving you the key moves, the real drivers, and the risks ahead. Hosted by Michael Finch, Head of Strategic Initiatives , and Albert Mackenzie, Copper Analyst & Market Reporter , each episode breaks down the week’s price action and discusses the latest pressing developments shaping this ever-evolving market. Drawing on Benchmark’s supply and demand expertise, with regular appearances from Piotr Kulas (Lead Supply Analyst) and Daan De Jonge (Lead Demand Analyst) , among numerous guest speakers, the show connects short-term market moves with longer-term structural shifts in copper. Whether you trade copper, produce it, consume it, or are tracking the metal that underpins electrification and decarbonisation, Copper Weekly gives y
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Signup to Generate a PitchCopper sits at the heart of the energy transition, yet its market still trades on old and new fundamentals colliding. Copper Weekly, a Benchmark Podcast, cuts through the noise in 10, 15 minutes, giving you the key moves, the real drivers, and the risks ahead.
Copper Weekly is hosted by Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. The show has published 21 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "LME Week 2026 Wrap: Uncertainty Built on Uncertainty" (23 October 2026, 39 minutes), "LME Week 2026 Preview: Five Key Themes Shaping the Copper Market" (15 October 2026, 51 minutes), and "Cobre Panama, Chile Strikes and China's Concentrate Slowdown" (7 October 2026, 23 minutes).
Copper Weekly publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 24 minutes across 21 episodes.
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Benchmark Mineral Intelligence hosts Copper Weekly, a news podcast with 21 episodes published.
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Episode #21
Copper Weekly returns from the tail end of LME Week. In summary; plenty of good gossip, but fewer answers than usual. With US tariffs and the concentrate benchmark both unresolved, Mike and Albert unpack why the market...
Episode #20
C opper Weekly returns with a longer-than-usual pre-LME Week special. Mike and Albert work through the five themes dominating meetings in London and set to shape conversations across LME Week: record-low treatment...
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Copper Weekly returns with a different line-up. With Mike away, Albert is joined by Carlos Pineiro, Benchmark's supply analyst, dialling in from Santiago. It's a supply-heavy week: Cobre Panama's government report, a...
Episode #18
Copper Weekly returns for episode eighteen , recorded on the road from Geneva as Albert wraps up a week of smelter visits and financial meetings across Austria and Switzerland. Prices held relatively firm despite some...
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Copper Weekly returns for episode seventeen , with copper clawing back much of the ground it lost the week before and pushing back towards its all-time high. Mike and Albert dig into China's role in the recovery...
Episode #16
C opper Weekly is back for episode sixteen , and after months of near-relentless record highs, the market finally took a breather. Mike and Albert unpack a sharp pullback driven by tariff-delay speculation, hotter US...
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Copper Weekly returns for episode fifteen , with the LME three-month price notching yet another all-time high. But this week Albert takes a step back and asks the harder question: is any of this actually justified? A...
Episode #14
Copper Weekly is back for episode fourteen , with Mike returning fresh from leave to a market that, on the surface, has been trading quietly sideways. Beneath that calm, though, Albert digs into a fascinating stock...
Episode #13
Copper Weekly returns for episode thirteen. This week we are joined by Carlos Piñeiro a principal supply analyst at Benchmark, based in Chile. Albert and Carlos talk about rapidly moving LME stocks, AI-related copper...
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Copper Weekly returns for episode twelve , marking a third consecutive week of all-time highs. But this time the story isn't just about price, it's about shape. Mike and Albert dig into a dramatic backwardation on the...
Episode #11
Copper Weekly is back for episode eleven , and the headlines write themselves: the LME cash price has now spent six consecutive days above $14,000/t, its longest run at that level ever. Mike and Albert dig into what's...
Episode #10
Benchmark's Copper Weekly is back for episode ten. Mike and Albert unpack a week of standout price action, record-breaking US import flows, and a mining equities picture that's turning heads across the industry. In this...
Episode #9
Copper Weekly returns for episode nine — and this week the show does something different. For the first time, Mike and Albert are joined by a special guest: Scott Crooks, principal analyst at Codelco, who brings deep...
Episode #8
Copper Weekly returns for episode eight — Mike and Albert unpack a week where copper prices pushed to their highest since early June. The big theme? For once, the market appears to be moving on genuine fundamentals...
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Copper Weekly returns for episode seven — This week, we are joined by Ivan Llancas, senior supply analyst, based in Chile. Albert and Ivan discuss the challenges facing mining in Chile, alongside falling LME on-warrant...
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Copper Weekly returns for episode six — and while the US tariff saga rumbles quietly in the background, the real focus this week is a potential structural shift that could reshape how the entire copper concentrate...
Episode #5
Copper Weekly is back for episode five — and this one was meant to be the big tariff reveal. Mike and Albert deliberately delayed recording to Wednesday July 1st to capture the long-awaited US Section 232 announcement...
Episode #4
Benchmark's Copper Weekly returns for episode four — and after last week's peace deal optimism, the mood has shifted once again. Fresh tensions over the weekend have left the market in wait-and-see mode, while a...
Episode #3
Benchmark's Copper Weekly is back for episode three — and this week there is one story that dominates the conversation above all else. The Trump-Iran peace announcement sent shockwaves through financial markets, and...
Episode #2
Benchmark's Copper Weekly is back for episode two — and with host Mike Finch holding the fort in London and analyst Albert reporting live from Washington DC, this week's conversation covers a market where macro forces...
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