China’s copper buyers slash annual contracts with market in flux
For 2025, buyers in China will take less refined metal under yearly contracts than they did this year, including from producers like Chilean copper giant Codelco.
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De Beers upbeat on Botswana diamond pact after meeting new president
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Gold Fields may sell smaller mines after Osisko acquisition
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