Here’s a cheap FTSE 100 share to consider buying today and holding for 10 years!
Looing for low-cost FTSE 100 shares to buy and hold for the long term? Here’s one I think has considerable share price potential over the next decade and may merit further research.
Copper’s story
Gold’s surge to record highs in 2025 has attracted plenty of headlines. But copper‘s rapid price ascent — in this case, driven by President Trump’s pledge to slap 50% tariffs on copper imports — hasn’t grabbed nearly enough attention.
Red metal miner Antofagasta‘s (LSE:ANTO) share price has risen almost 17% in the year to date, carried higher by copper’s swell above $10,000 per tonne. Can it continue rising in the near term? Possibly, though it’s far from a sure thing.
As we’ve seen, prices are highly sensitive to US trade policy. And with White House plans on tariffs seemingly changing by the hour, it’s tough to make predictions here.
Stripping this out, questions persist over copper demand given the uncertain economic outlook, though falling interest rates could continue providing support. Concerns are especially high over future Chinese copper concentrate imports, after they surged during the first half.
That said, production issues in key regions like Chile are worsening shortages of the bellwether metal and keeping prices higher. The declining US dollar could also remain a significant price driver, making it cheaper to buy buck-denominated commodities like metals.
Supply shortages
Yet while the near-term outlook is uncertain, I feel confident that copper prices — along with major red metal producer Antofagasta — will rise strongly over the next 10 years as supply and demand balances worsen.
Put simply, consumption of the highly conductive metal is tipped to soar across a variety of industries and sectors. Consumer electronics, construction and defence are all set to drive steady increases. However, rapid growth in the digital and green economies are tipped to be the main game changers over the next
As analyst Nikos Tzabouras of trading platform Tradu.com notes: Tthe non-ferrous metal is essential to these transformational trends, with heavy usage in semiconductors and data centres powering AI, as well as in electric vehicles, solar power systems, and other clean energy technologies.”
At the same time, there’s a substantial lack of new mining projects in the pipeline to meet this demand. There’s also the problem of declining ore grades in key producing areas.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) thinks the copper market could experience a 30% supply deficit by 2035, a scenario that could drive prices sharply higher.
A top value share
Despite its price rise in the year to date, Antofagasta’s shares still offer excellent value in my book.
As mentioned earlier, the near-term outlook for copper prices is highly uncertain. But City analysts are confident and expect Antofagasta’s earnings to rise 48% in 2025.
This leaves the FTSE firm trading on a price-to-earnings growth (PEG) ratio of just 0.6. Any reading below 1 indicates that a share is undervalued.
Production issues are a constant threat to mining stocks’ earnings. But over the long-term, I’m confident that Antofagasta’s profits will rise strongly, driven by copper’s changing market dynamics and the firm’s heavy spending to expand its portfolio (capital expenditure of $3.5bn has been earmarked for 2025 alone).
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