Copper output from Codelco down nearly 5% this year, but recovery expected
Codelco sees copper 2024 production of between 1.325 million and 1.352 million tons.
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Firefly glows on Newfoundland copper project resource surge
The company expanded its Green Bay copper-gold project’s contained metal by 42% in an update this week, putting it on course to restart the Ming mine in 2028.
Ivanhoe cuts copper forecast on DRC power woes, while Friedland touts new discoveries
The Toronto-based company lowered the copper guidance to 425,000–450,000 tonnes, from 440,000–490,000 tonnes.
Abandoned copper mines embraced as fast track to boost output
A range of companies are firing up abandoned assets once seen as financial liabilities to fast-track significant volumes of supply.
Lithium woes hold top China producers to year-to-date losses
Global lithium prices have plunged from two years ago due to a flood of new supply and softening growth in demand from the electric-vehicle sector.
Caterpillar slides as machinery maker curbs full-year outlook
The cautious forecast by one of the world’s biggest heavy machinery producers comes amid uncertainty around the November election in the US.
Workers at Europe’s dirtiest power plant wary of life after coal
The Belchatow plant generates around 20% of Poland's electricity.
New Gold hits commercial rate at Afton C zone, mucks first ore from Rainy River underground
In late September, New Afton mined the first underground ore from the Rainy River gold mine.
China Three Gorges plans $10 billion renewables-coal power base
The project is part of a plan to fill China’s unused desert land with clean electricity generation and transport it on long-distance transport lines to densely populated cities.
