The charter incorporates new considerations into central bank policy making and protects glaciers from mining.

Production from state-owned giant Codelco fell 6.3% on a year-on-year basis to 142,900 tonnes.

Pumpkin Hollow was the first copper mine to come online in the US over the past decade.

"Inventories for metals are shrinking to multi-year lows."

Phoenix is raising cash to revive production at the Empire copper mine in Idaho.

Energy crises and central bank moves to crush inflation present powerful headwinds across markets, underscored by copper’s collapse Friday below $8,000 a ton.

“It is increasingly clear that concerns about demand are taking precedence over supply issues in the metals markets”.