Top commodity trader Pierre Andurand expects copper to reach $40,000 a ton in the next four years.
AdvertisementCopper prices at records are only a taste of what's to come, says top commodities trader Pierre Andurand.
Copper is already sitting near record highs, so any quadrupling from current levels would mean a prolonged series of fresh records.
It's bad news for a depleting inventory; last year, global copper supply hit its lowest seasonal level since 2008.
The supply-demand imbalance is the same thesis for why commodities expert Jeff Currie expects higher prices, though his projection is nowhere near Andurand's — Currie expects copper to hit $15,000 in the coming years, and has called it "the most compelling trade" he's ever seen.
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