Core Viewpoint - The copper industry stocks experienced a significant increase, driven by concerns over negative processing fees affecting the global copper smelting industry and potential regulatory changes in China [1][1]. Industry Summary - The China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association's vice president, Chen Xuesen, highlighted that negative processing fees are severely harming the interests of the global copper smelting industry, including China. This unusual situation challenges the long-standing pricing benchmarks in the global copper industry [1][1]. - The association's public statement marks the first acknowledgment of the processing fee market's irregularities by a Chinese industry authority [1]. Company Summary - Morgan Stanley reported that the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association plans to strictly limit new copper smelting capacity and shut down approximately 2 million tons of illegal copper smelting capacity. If implemented, this policy is expected to benefit copper prices and major copper producers [1][1]. - Morgan Stanley anticipates that the stock prices of Jiangxi Copper and Luoyang Molybdenum will rise within the next 15 days, with probabilities of 70% to 80%. The target prices are set at HKD 37.3 and HKD 18.6, respectively, both rated as "overweight" [1][1].
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