Names are changing throughout the copper, brass and bronze industry.

The metals supply chain followed up the pandemic-dominated 2020 with a 12-month span that was even more unpredictable. Low stock levels were the rules for most metals warehouses.

Denied in-person events for two years, CBSA members will gather for the inaugural Red Metals Summit next month in Tampa.

The Copper and Brass Servicenter Association will host its first Red Metals Summit Sept. 27-28 in Tampa, Fla. The event will be the first in-person meeting for the trade group since 2019.

The Copper and Brass Servicenter Association has canceled its annual convention for the second straight year. The event, which would have been the 70th annual meeting, had been scheduled for April 13-15 in San Diego.

According to the Copper Development Association, a pure electric vehicle might contain more than a mile of copper wiring in its stator windings.

The COVID-19 outbreak led to the cancellation multiple conferences and trade shows. More events on the metals calendar remained up in the air at press time.

The Platts Steel Markets North America Conference scheduled for later this month has been postponed, SPG Global Reports. The annual event had been slated for March 16-17 in Chicago.

The outlook for copper, brass and bronze products offers positive and negative signs in near-equal measure.

Shipments of copper products declined in August compared with the previous month, reports the Copper and Brass Servicenter Association, Overland Park, Kan.

Shipments of copper products increased in July compared with the previous month, reports the Copper and Brass Servicenter Association, Overland Park, Kan.

Shipments of copper products increased in May compared with the previous month, reports the Copper and Brass Servicenter Association, Overland Park, Kan.

Shipments of copper products increased slightly in April compared with the previous month, reports the Copper and Brass Servicenter Association, Overland Park, Kan.

Positive momentum for red metals eased in the second half of 2018. Now producers and suppliers contend with economists’ warnings of a looming economic slowdown in the year ahead.

Shipments of copper products decreased slightly in March compared with the previous month, reports the Copper and Brass Servicenter Association, Overland Park, Kan.

Shipments of copper products decreased slightly in February, compared with the previous month, reports the Copper and Brass Servicenter Association, Overland Park, Kan.

Shipments of copper products increased in January, compared with the previous month, reports the Copper and Brass Servicenter Association, Overland Park, Kan.

Shipments of most copper products increased slightly in December, compared with the previous month, reports the Copper and Brass Servicenter Association, Overland Park, Kansas.