Coppers Big YearBest Since 2009Ends on a Low Note

Copper enjoys a 41 percent gain, joining the broader metals boom.An employee monitors the 8mm diameter copper cable which is rolled up before passing through a rolling mill to become cable at the Nexans manufacture in Lens, France, on May 11, 2022. DENIS CHARLET/AFP via Getty Images1/1/2026|Updated: 1/1/2026Copper prices finished 2025 slightly lower, following a massive year for the red metal.The industrial metal fell about 2 percent to around $5.67 per pound on Dec. 31, joining the broader metal market decline.Andrew Moran has been writing about business, economics, and finance for more than a decade. He is the author of “The War on Cash.”Author’s Selected Articles