The contract will proceed in stages as BHP continues assessments, with a potential FID expected in 2027.

LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - The London Metal Exchange has approved the Adani Copper brand for delivery against its copper ...

At least six smelters in China, the world's largest refined copper producer, have stepped up purchases of pyrite this year.

The most significant change in the imported copper concentrate market in the first half of 2026 emerged during the mid-year term-contract negotiations. According to SMM, Antofagasta, a leading Chilean ...

China Nerin Engineering, one of the country’s leading metallurgical engineering design companies, has signed an agreement ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday reversed a Biden-era air pollution rule that had imposed stricter limits on emissions from copper smelters. The copper rule, finalized in ...

Copper smelters are warning that plants may shut down or even go out of business if the industry’s processing fees drop too sharply, as annual supply negotiations with key miners get underway this ...

China’s copper smelters are pushing back against a proposal from miner Antofagasta (LON: ANTO) to link prices of raw material ...

While the copper price hovers near all-time highs, the metal's value to smelters has collapsed after an unprecedented implosion in processing fees.

Research from Cranfield University sheds new light onto the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, showing how experimentation with iron-rich rocks by copper smelters may have sparked the ...