jiangxi copper cos net profit rose 14 in the first half of 2022 from a year earlier partly thanks to increased production of gold silver and copper cathode net profit increased to 360 billion yuan 5256 million in the januarytojune period from cny315 billion a year earlier the company said thursday revenue grew to cny25459 billion from cny22624 billion a year earlier for the second half global high inflation caused by industrial supplychain issues may provide relatively strong support for commodities the copper producer said the tight situation of refined copper may continue as consumption of refined copper is replacing that of scrap copper jiangxi said overall with mutual support from macroeconomic and other factors copper prices may go higher it said