花旗集团澳洲分部分析师本周初发布报告预计，至2020年末，铜价可能会激增至每吨8000美元，届时许多澳洲矿业公司会将重心转向铜矿。分析师表示，受城市化影响，目前中国市场消耗的铜占全球总量的40%，且需求持续增长，超过预期，表明中国市场铜库存紧缺以及成本通缩的结束，同时特朗普胜选后以美国为中心的通货再通胀，也将引发铜价呈上升趋势。

　　该集团分析师认为，铜市场的平均价格预计在未来两年分别增长8.3%和5.8%，之后回落至每吨7115美元。另外，自2012年以来，采铜业投资的急剧下滑意味着截至2020年的未来几年里，铜矿供应会出现紧张。

　　 Citigroup Australia Division analysts released a report earlier this week predicting that by the end of 2020, copper prices may surge to US$8,000 per ton, when many Australian mining companies will shift their focus to copper mines. Analysts said that due to the impact of urbanization, the Chinese market currently consumes 40% of the world's total copper, and demand continues to grow, exceeding expectations, indicating that the Chinese market is short of copper inventories and the end of cost deflation. At the same time, after Trump won the election The re-inflation of currency centered on the United States will also trigger an upward trend in copper prices.

　　The group analyst believes that the average price of the copper market is expected to increase by 8.3% and 5.8% respectively in the next two years, and then fall back to US$7,115 per ton. In addition, since 2012, the sharp decline in investment in the copper mining industry means that the supply of copper ore will be tight in the next few years until 2020.