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    Chinese zinc smelters rejected Teck Resources’ proposal that they absorb the cost of a 10% reciprocal tariff against the US on the Canadian miner’s shipments of zinc concentrates from its Red Dog mine in Alaska, sources told Fastmarkets, highlighting the challenges producers are navigating as geopolitical risks rise.

    Nano One, a Canadian process technology company focused on cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries, announced the installation of a proprietary agitator in its 20,000-liter One-Pot reactor based in Candiac, Canada, on August 20.

    Aurubis has secured long-term access to 75,000 tonnes per year of copper-gold concentrate from Troilus Gold’s Quebec project starting as early as 2028, as the German smelter responds to what it describes as an “increasingly constrained” market for clean copper concentrate.

    Tristan Pascall, chief executive officer of Vancouver-based First Quantum Minerals, gave an exclusive interview with Fastmarkets on Friday August 29, in which he explains why Africa is the best place to build large copper mines, and gave his opinion of the outlook for the nickel, gold and copper sectors.

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