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Treatment charges for spot copper concentrate in China could continue to rise in the second quarter amid easing supply and as smelters in China show a stronger preference for super clean concentrates in the spot market, market participants said. Supply of complex copper concentrates — which have high levels of impurities like arsenic and fluorine ...

[Chilean copper production fell sharply in February] April 4 news, Chile's National Copper Commission Cochilco said on Monday that Chilean copper production fell sharply in February. Although production by state-owned copper giant Codelco rose 0.7 per cent year-on-year to 123600 tons, production by other major miners fell sharply. Chilean copper production fell 7.5 per cent to 394700 tons in February, Cochilco said in a report. Production at the Escondida mine, controlled by BHP Billiton, t...

Brian Loton had an old-fashioned introduction to management with the domestically focused miner and steelmaker, but over 15 years he transformed it into a modern international mining conglomerate.

Brian Loton managed “The Big Australian” through its two biggest crises – the haemorrhaging of its steel division, and Robert Holmes a Court’s takeover bid

The global copper industry needs to invest more than $100B to build mines to reduce a potential 4.7M-ton annual supply deficit by 2030, according to Erik Heimlich, head of base...

The global copper industry needs to build mines that close what could be an annual supply deficit of 4.7 million tonnes by 2030, says CRU.

Mining Engineering Online

This article looks at the use of alternative water resources in copper leaching processes in the Chilean mining industry. The research was published in Metals.

Australian shares are set to open higher, amid further gains in New York even as a key recession warning signal was tripped in the bond market.

Spying, intrigue, fears over the safety of BHP’s CEO: welcome to the rough-house world of noughties iron ore price negotiations.