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Automakers overhauling approach to battery supply chains, Livent exec says | Hotter Commodities
The chief strategy officer for US-based lithium chemicals producer, Livent, says automotive manufacturers are overhauling their approach to the battery supply chain, including the way they view and price raw materials like lithium
June 8, 2023
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Glencore beefs up industrial aluminium activities | Hotter Commodities
Glencore has started to beef up its aluminium business unit with the acquisition of stakes in bauxite and alumina assets
April 28, 2023
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Copper fundamentals support current price levels | Hotter Commodities
Current copper prices are appropriate, based on existing supply-demand fundamentals, the chief executive officer of Chilean miner Antofagasta has said
April 27, 2023
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Has copper demand been unaffected by financing costs and volatility? | Hotter Commodities
Copper demand so far has been unaffected by uncertain macroeconomic outlook, but volatility and issues around financing need to be monitored, Patricio Hidalgo, chief executive officer of Anglo American Chile, says
April 27, 2023
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Copper sector M&A inevitable, but not central to Freeport, CEO says | Hotter Commodities
An increase in mergers & acquisitions (M&A) activity in the copper sector was inevitable but did not form a central part of the strategy of Freeport-McMoRan, its chairman and chief executive officer has told Fastmarkets
April 27, 2023
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Teck comes close, but not close enough | Hotter Commodities
Teck Resources has called off a shareholder vote on its proposed separation at the last minute, saying it would instead pursue a more simplified plan in the future
April 26, 2023
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Copper deals frenzy doesn’t resolve supply issues | Hotter Commodities
The copper industry is about to be shaken up, but it does not resolve the anticipated supply shortfall in the long run
April 24, 2023
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Aurubis well-supplied with copper inputs, ample availability of concentrates and recycling | Hotter Commodities
The copper market is well-supplied from the perspective of a European custom-smelter, with ample availability of concentrates and recycling inputs, the chief executive officer of Germany’s Aurubis, Roland Harings said to Fastmarkets
April 20, 2023
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Awareness of copper supply gap still not meaningful, Trafigura CEO says | Hotter Commodities
There is still not enough awareness among policymakers that the world needs more copper to achieve energy transition’s ambitious targets, Trafigura’s chief executive officer Jeremy Weir said
April 20, 2023
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