Global copper smelting fell for the first time in four months in February due to lower activity of plants outside the world’s ...
The Chinese government is getting serious about constraining the blind expansion of copper smelters, although its new policy is likely to pause rather than stop development. Eleven ministries ...
Global copper smelting activity fell for the first time since October last year, according to Earth-i's SAVANT's Global Copper Monitoring Index. The slip ...
A leading Chinese copper producer is cutting run rates and bringing forward planned maintenance as a plunge in processing ...
The current state of affairs is a far cry from just a few years ago, when Indonesia banned the export of ore and lavished ...
Restricted copper concentrate supplies have producers in China considering boosting scrap percentages at melt shops, ...
PALU, Indonesia--A smelting furnace exploded Sunday at a Chinese-owned nickel plant on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 13 workers and injuring dozens of others, police and a ...
The Chinese government aims to reduce import dependence ... However, it’s a slowdown rather than a complete halt to copper smelting. China currently leads the world in refined copper production ...
Chinese copper output is expected to hit another record this year, although the strains on smelters are starting to ...