ASIA COPPER WEEK 2018: India to import more refined copper in 2019 on rising demand, Tuticorin shutdown – Birla Copper CEO

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More refined copper will be shipped to India next year on burgeoning demand and stagnant domestic supply following the closure of the country’s massive Tuticorin smelter, according to JC Laddha, chief executive officer of Birla Copper.Refined copper consumption in India is expected to rise by almost 10% to 700,000 tonnes in 2019, compared with an estimated 642,000 tonnes this year, Laddha told delegates of Asia Copper Week in Shanghai on Thursday November 15.