Copper price rises on hopes for better demand in 2023
While some analysts expect the metal to rise towards record highs in 2023, weakening economic growth has pulled prices down 14% this year.
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Major fire hits Chilean port; Codelco operations unaffected
Fire broke out at Chile's Ventanas port near a smelter belonging to state-run miner Coldeco.
Metals processing company Nth Cycle awarded $2.1 million US Department of Energy Grant
Grant part of the Battery Materials and Battery Manufacturing and Recycling Funding Opportunity program of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
Premium Nickel aims to re-open Selebi mine in Botswana
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