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Conference season was in full swing last week, and the news was coming in thick and fast. Here we take a look at some of the key stories from the past week.

Christian Schirmeister reached an agreement to leave JP Morgan on Monday February 23, five years after joining the bank as part of the team it acquired from RBS Sempra, he confirmed to Metal Bulletin sister title Copper Price Briefing.

Changes to initial margins on spreads that the London Metal Exchange’s clearing house LME Clear will bring in on March 3 will reduce the total margins that its members must post to the clearing house by $300 million or 3%, LME Clear chief executive Trevor Spanner told Metal Bulletin.

Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) will increase refined copper output in Zambia following a decision by the Zambian government to resume VAT rebates related to copper exports, the company said on Monday February 23.

While Chinese New Year may have left some markets deflated, it was another busy week for Metal Bulletin’s news teams across the rest of the world.

Vale’s copper production hit a record high in 2014, but fell short of the company’s guidance for the year, the Brazilian miner said on Thursday February 19.

Mining Indaba took place in Cape Town this week.

Metal Bulletin caught up with Mark Tyler, head of resources at Nedbank, during the 2015 Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town.

With the 2015 Mining Indaba in full swing, Metal Bulletin caught up with Colin Hamilton, head of global commodity research at Macquarie Group.