Mining mergers are back in style. Rio Tinto, the industry’s fourth-most valuable company, has confirmed it is in talks to ...

Japan’s Mitsubishi Materials Corporation is considering “scaling down” copper concentrate processing at its Onahama Smelting and Refining facility in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture. This initiative ...

Image credit: University of Queensland. Copper is a hugely important metal with a whole host of critical uses. Electrical wiring, plumbing and, more recently, renewable energies all depend on large ...

If downstream players engage in targeted investment, innovation and long-term supply commitments, they can reshape the copper ...

Copper prices rose to ‍a record peak on Monday, supported by speculative buying while news of a zero-fee processing deal ⁠involving a Chinese smelter highlighted mine disruptions and potential ...