{"id":12448,"date":"2019-04-25T14:49:49","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T05:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/?p=12448"},"modified":"2023-02-16T17:38:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T08:38:21","slug":"electric-vehicle-growth-accelerates-demand-for-copper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-04-electric-vehicle-growth-accelerates-demand-for-copper\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric vehicle growth accelerates demand for copper"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12448\" class=\"elementor elementor-12448\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a29b820 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6a29b820\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-18fbe71\" data-id=\"18fbe71\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7eec175 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7eec175\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When this spring\u2019s Seoul Motor Show rolled into town, there was a distinctly electric feel to the affair. The biennial exhibition\u2019s central aisle was dominated by electric vehicles (EVs): two-seaters, family sedans, sports cars, motorbikes, and scooters. A cursory glance would have led onlookers to presume battery-powered wheels were taking over. While that has not happened yet, the outlook is rosy \u2013 a copper-rose tint, even \u2013 because EV growth is great news for one of its most essential components, copper.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5ee00f elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"a5ee00f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=WtSRf7-nuyY&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88bf117 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"88bf117\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The tipping point<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd10197 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd10197\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The interest in EVs at Seoul Motor Show was no anomaly. After sales grew 72 percent to a million units in 2017,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@braydeng\/2018-was-a-huge-year-for-electric-vehicles-in-charts-b6aad055bdff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than 2 million units<\/a>\u00a0were sold in 2018. And the consensus among industry analysts is for exponential growth from here. Deloitte\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.deloitte.com\/uk\/en\/pages\/manufacturing\/articles\/battery-electric-vehicles.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expects<\/a>\u00a0the world to see an additional 21 million EVs on the road by 2030 \u2013 a 950 percent increase compared with last year.<\/p><p>That jump is partly explained by technological improvements and government measures such as offering incentives to buy EVs and making gasoline and diesel vehicles less appealing. For example, London drew international attention this month for implementing an ultra-low emission zone, making access more expensive for drivers of vehicles that do not meet the city\u2019s new strict guidelines.<\/p><p>Speaking of expense, the cost of EVs is another major consideration. Simply put, it will be cheaper to buy one sooner than expected, according to multiple analyses. Based on a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/opinion\/articles\/2019-04-12\/electric-vehicle-battery-shrinks-and-so-does-the-total-cost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent report<\/a>\u00a0by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, EVs will start becoming less expensive than their combustion-engine counterparts in just three years. Deloitte\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.deloitte.com\/uk\/en\/pages\/manufacturing\/articles\/battery-electric-vehicles.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">forecast<\/a>\u00a0is that this will \u201celiminate one of the greatest barriers to purchase, boosting demand and increasing market growth.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e782332 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e782332\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A new Copper Age<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e06c79b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e06c79b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The expected surge in EV interest is naturally fueling a bullish attitude about copper\u2019s long-term prospects. Battery-powered EVs and plug-in hybrid vehicles require\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/electric-vehicles-road-triple-2020-iea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3.6 times<\/a>\u00a0more copper on average than those driven by a combustion engine.<\/p><p>To elaborate, a gasoline or diesel vehicle needs up to 23 kilograms of copper, while a full electric SUV requires more than 100 kilograms, and a single electric bus relies on nearly 370 kilograms. Such buses are not some distant possibility either. Last year, China was reportedly adding\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-04-23\/electric-buses-are-hurting-the-oil-industry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">around 9,500 electric buses<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 the equivalent of all of London\u2019s buses \u2013 every five weeks.<\/p><p>Combustion-engine vehicles mostly need copper for wiring, and account for around\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/copper-price-cars-boom-goes-beyond-electric-vehicles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">7 percent<\/a>\u00a0of the commodity\u2019s total demand. But the picture is changing as the market share of EVs is expected to shoot up from just over 2 percent last year to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/about.bnef.com\/electric-vehicle-outlook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">55 percent<\/a>\u00a0of all new car sales by 2040.<\/p><p>Also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/greatspeculations\/2019\/02\/19\/will-2019-be-the-year-of-king-copper\/#7962e9dc2ba3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">driven by growth markets like renewables<\/a>, demand for copper is set to scratch 30 million tons in less than a decade, rising by around 2.6 percent a year. It is worth noting as an aside that various minerals will be riding the EV tide. In addition to its copper business, Samsung C&amp;T trades key commodities used to produce EV batteries, such as nickel.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bc8899 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7bc8899\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Will the price be right?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6918de07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6918de07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">The supply side clearly weighs heavily on what happens to copper prices in the coming years. For what it is worth, Morgan Stanley <\/span><a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2019-04-07\/a-million-tons-of-copper-is-on-the-way-it-may-not-be-enough\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chose<\/a><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\"> copper as its top pick among It is worth noting that metals in a quarterly report late last month, anticipating a market deficit of 406,000 tons this year and 187,000 tons in 2020 \u2013 expecting the price of copper to push higher than its <\/span><a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/copper-price-jumps-9-month-high-red-hot-china-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent peak<\/a><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\"> of USD6,604 per ton, which was a level largely attributed to China\u2019s brightening economic outlook.<\/span><\/p><p>Capital Economics\u2019 optimism recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitco.com\/news\/2019-02-14\/Copper-To-Rise-More-Than-60-In-6-Years-Capital-Economics.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">went even further<\/a>, as it claimed \u201cconstrained supply\u201d will lift copper to nearly USD10,000 per ton by 2025 \u2013 close to three times higher than general expectations.<\/p><p>Whether copper meets the hype or not, mining projects are bound to catch up with demand eventually, capping any potential for long-term oversupply. It remains to be seen then just how rosy the future will be for the so-called red metal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When this spring\u2019s Seoul Motor Show rolled into town, there was a distinctly electric feel to the affair. The biennial exhibition\u2019s central aisle was dominated by electric vehicles (EVs): two-seaters, family sedans, sports cars, motorbikes, and scooters. A cursory glance would have led onlookers to presume battery-powered wheels were taking over. 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