ICSG - The never materializing Copper SurplusICSG is great at projecting future surpluses in Copper production, that don't happen.
May 2021
https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/icsg-copper-forecast-2021-2022/
World refined copper balance projections indicate a surplus of about 80,000 metric tons for 2021 and 110,000 metric tons for 2022, ICSG says.
Oct 2020
https://www.mining.com/global-copper-production-to-increase-in-2021-after-two-years-of-declines-icsg/
ICSG estimates a deficit of about 50,000 tonnes of copper this year and a surplus of about 70,000 tonnes in 2021 {Actual deficit was 600,000 tonnes in 2020}