March 24, 2021 Freeport, Tsingshan finalising $2.8bn copper smelter next week The smelter will have an input capacity of 2.4 million tonnes of copper concentrate and an output capacity of 600,000 tonnes.
March 24, 2021 Workers at Antofagasta’s Los Pelambres mine accept contract offer Negotiations over the 36-month contract have been lengthy and at times fractious, with members voting to reject a previous offer and strike on March 9.
March 24, 2021 Mitsui & Co. boosts stake in Collahuasi copper mine Deal leaves the Japanese trading house with a 12% interest in the open-pit operation, the world's second largest copper mine.
March 23, 2021 Green Minerals listed in Oslo with aim to mine ocean floor in 2026 In January, Norway launched a process to open areas of its extended continental shelf to exploration for seabed minerals.
March 23, 2021 Top 14 UBS battery metals forecasts after VW teardown UBS says ID.3 is the “most significant bet on EVs made by any legacy carmaker to date” prompting a super bullish upgrade to demand for lithium, nickel, cobalt, rare earth…
March 23, 2021 Trafigura sees green copper supercycle driving prices to $15,000 The world’s biggest copper trader expects the metal to breach $10,000 a tonne this year, before entering a range of $12,000 to $15,000 a tonne over the coming decade.
March 23, 2021 Copper market in 24,000 tonnes surplus in Dec 2020 – ICSG For the first 12 months of the year, the market was in a 559,000 tonnes deficit compared with a 383,000 tonnes deficit in the same period a year earlier.
March 23, 2021 Troilus to acquire UrbanGold in all-share deal, grow Quebec land position The consideration equates to roughly $19 million on a basic share outstanding basis.
March 23, 2021 Indonesia eases mining export rules, nickel excluded Indonesia will now grant miners export permit for unrefined mineral ores, even if construction of their refining facilities is delayed.
March 22, 2021 Home: Funds take the money and run as copper price rally stalls Short-term optics, particularly on the London market, look less bullish than a few weeks ago.
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