Charlotte Radford reviews some of the key news and price moves reported by Metal Bulletin this week.

The world’s largest copper producer Codelco has announced the temporary shutdown of its Salvador division, citing “force majeure” reasons amid contractors’ protests.

Shivani Singh has been appointed Asia editor at Metal Bulletin and continues to be based in Singapore.

Charlotte Radford takes a look at just some of the news stories and price moves covered by Metal Bulletin reporters over the past five days.

Indonesia’s 300,000-tpy-plus Gresik copper smelter in eastern Java has been shut for the past ten days for technical reasons, market sources said.

After a week of turmoil, nose dives and downdrafts, Morgan Stanley analyst Tom Price has answered the key questions prevailing from last week’s “correction” in the markets.

Metal Bulletin’s Charlotte Radford reviews key news and price moves from the past seven days.

Copper prices have rebounded by as much as $500 from the six-year lows seen on Tuesday, after the Chinese government took further measures to catch freefalling domestic stocks.

Colin Williams died at home on Tuesday June 30, 2015. He was 73. He was the founder of Wogen Resources, which sprang from the loins of the successful Rudolf Wolff experience with China in the mid to late 1960s.

Shares in Freeport McMoRan and Glencore both fell sharply on Tuesday July 7 as copper prices dropped to their lowest level since the financial crisis in a massive afternoon sell-off.