Copper, Brass, and Bronze: Trends in Production and Use

The current prices for copper are low, factory capacity is underutilized, and copper production has declined. The trends in and prospects of the market for the red metal and copper-based semifinished products were the subject of discussion among participants in the Second All-Russia Conference “Copper, Brass, and Bronze: Trends in Production and Use.” The conference was convened on October 10–11 by the Moscow Journal “Metallosnabzhenie i Sbyt” with the help of the Russian Union of Suppliers of Metal Products (RSMP).