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Anglo American and Germany-based Aurubis have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly develop a solution that will ensure copper, a key commodity in energy transition, is traceable and sustainably produced, the London-based miner announced on Thursday, November 24
Recent disruptions to Peruvian mines have raised concerns about social tensions reducing the attractiveness of the industry to investors, but market participants told Fastmarkets that they still rate Peru highly as a copper mining hub
Codelco, the world’s biggest copper producer, will halve its refined copper sales to China in 2023, citing major production challenges at its Chuquicamata complex and closure of the Ventanas smelter, both in Chile
Primary aluminium premiums in Rotterdam stabilized on Friday, November 18 after months of steep declines
China laid out a plan on Thursday, November 10 to decarbonize the non-ferrous metals industry, reiterating the energy-intensive sector’s need to not exceed peak carbon emissions by 2030 in response to the country’s climate goals
Alcoa has been lobbying the US government to sanction Russian aluminium, the major global and leading US aluminium producer said at a conference in New York on Wednesday November 16
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