Copper: Power Your Demand Models

Copper is one of the most crucial industrial metals and a bellwether for the global economy. It plays a vital role both for traditional sectors, such as construction, and the booming technologies shaping the future: electric vehicles, clean energy and artificial intelligence.

Get timely insights into future demand while backtesting your models on the past – using our point-in-time data with 10+ years of vintage history across the macroeconomic and industry indicators that fundamentally drive the copper market.

Key Benefits

• China is Key: Its Construction Industry Moves the Global Market
  By some estimates, at one point 30% of the world’s copper ore was being used in China to build homes. CEIC gives you an advantage with the most comprehensive China database available on the market, with 880K+ time series from 800+ trusted local sources, including breakdowns of local real-estate markets and construction. Our real-estate data can be broken down to the local level.
  
  
• Unmatched Granular Detail on End-Use Sectors like NEVs
  China accounts for 70% of the global market for copper-hungry new energy vehicles (NEVs). Our automotive data covers 20,000+ time series, with monthly breakdowns of sales and production by vehicle type and brand. This provides early-warning signals for shifts in copper demand.
  
  
• Track the High-Frequency, Alternative and Trade Data That Others Miss
  Daily shipping intelligence lets you track flows of copper between markets and get a sense of how tariffs are affecting supply chains in near-real time. Meanwhile, datasets such as vehicle registrations in India and Indonesia provide an early sense of demand for copper-intensive finished goods.