September 4, 2024 Carlyle’s Currie sees copper price capped at $9,500 on China demand The red metal has fallen 19% from May’s all-time high of $11,104.50, pressured by bloated inventories and signs that consumption in China is soft.
September 4, 2024 Ivanhoe Mines’ Kamoa-Kakula achieves record copper production in August Copper complex in the DRC achieved a monthly production of 40,347 tonnes of copper in concentrate in August.
September 4, 2024 LME seeks to boost electronic trading, reassure physical users The measures attempt to navigate a recurring tension between traditional physical users and the financial community which prefers electronic trading.
September 4, 2024 Glencore’s Peru boss Soyer to step down after Volcan sale Glencore's head of Peruvian operations is stepping down from her position.
September 3, 2024 Codelco bids $500 million for stake in key Chile copper mine The proposal to acquire a 10% stake in the Quebrada Blanca mine from fellow state firm Enami is reportedly before the latter’s board.
September 3, 2024 Guest Column: Critical minerals, Western security and the case for US leadership The International Energy Agency estimates an extra $800 billion of investment in new mining projects is needed by 2040 to meet the 1.5 °C target.
September 3, 2024 US-backed Angola rail plan secures $200 million from key bank The Development Bank of Southern Africa has approved as much as $200 million for the Lobito corridor rail project.
September 3, 2024 Goldman cuts copper price forecast by $5,000 as bullish bet closed The bank has been one of the biggest cheerleaders of the industrial metal.
September 3, 2024 Xi wants bigger returns, fewer headaches from African debt deals From Angola to Djibouti, for over a decade, China poured more than $120 billion of government-backed loans through its Belt and Road Initiative.
September 2, 2024 The commodity supercycle revisited A new copper supercycle is emerging, built on several rising geopolitical and market trends.
South Africa’s last manganese smelter on the brink as high power costs weigh Transalloys CEO Konstantin Sadovnik says the business has been loss‑making for about three years. December 30, 2025 | 08:13 am
