Zambia is seeking to restructure a $1.5 billion debt owed by Mopani Copper Mines to Glencore.

Company sought to win back access to its 20% share of the alumina produced at a jointly owned refiner in Queensland.

LME clearing house has reshuffled its management team with the appointment of a new COO, a CRO and head of clearing risk.

The firm produced 264,251 metric tons of copper over the quarter, down 2% from a year earlier.

The state fund will focus on cobalt, copper, lithium, silicon, rare earths projects, including in extraction, processing and recycling.

Vega Mining will acquire from the Nisga’a the rights to five existing annual benefit payment entitlements with projects in the Golden Triangle, in exchange for common shares in Vega’s capital.

Industrial metals have had a soft start to the year.