The International Copper Study Group released preliminary data for June 2018 world copper supply and demand in its September 2018 Copper Bulletin.
World mine production is estimated to have increased by 5% in the first half of 2018, with concentrate production rising by 5% and solvent extraction-electrowinning (SX-EW) by 6%:
On a regional basis, mine production is estimated to have increased by around 10% in Africa, 8% in Latin America, 5.5% in Asia, 3% in Europe and 8% in Oceania and declined by 6% in North America.
Georgian Mining Corporation is an AIM listed copper & gold development and exploration company. The Company, along with its 50% joint venture partner, Caucasian Mining Group, operates in Georgia on the prolific Tethyan Belt, a well-known geological region and host to many high grade copper-gold deposits and producing mines.