Codelco is shipping less of the metal to China after a burst of new domestic capacity in the Asian nation.

China is in the midst of a breakneck expansion of its copper industry that’s reshaping global flows of the essential metal for the world’s energy transition.

Both sides are expected to announce a joint initiative when Presidents Joe Biden and Joko Widodo meet on Monday.

The agreed rules set targets for the region to mine 10% of the critical raw materials it consumes, such as lithium, and for the first time copper and nickel.

Swiss commodity trader has agreed to help Chinese smelters clear imports of copper concentrate from Australia.

The world’s most powerful investors are intimately aware of long term growth drivers.

Kostas Bintas was demoted in a management reshuffle in September.

Capital has disappeared from Canada’s once-thriving junior mining industry.