Copper market’s biggest whale fuels speculation of a major shift
The world’s single biggest buyer of copper, State Grid Corp. of China, has slowed its purchases of copper wire this year.
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) Palabora Mining on Tuesday reported increased third-quarter copper mine production, but said that its refined output dropped. The company, South Africa’s only major copper producer, increased the ore hoisted by 11% to…