Global copper smelting edged up in May, satellite data shows
Increased raw material shipments to China boosted activity despite covid-19 restrictions.
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Fires broke out at MMG's Las Bambas copper mine and Southern Copper Corp's planned Los Chancas project.
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Egypt awards eight new exploration licences to foreign miners
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Adventus, Salazar granted ESIA for copper-gold project in Ecuador
The Curipamba-El Domo project has also received a technical certificate for the construction of the tailings and waste rock facilities.
UK government weighs paying for coal supply to keep plants open
The price of the power plant fuel in Europe has roughly tripled in the past 12 months as a supply crisis in the gas market has driven utilities toward the even dirtier fossil fuel.
