The move will add 30,000 tonnes of copper production from early 2023 to 2027, alongside the site's open pit operations.

The parties have agreed to pause hearings on their dispute over Konkola Copper Mines for six months.

The incident comes three months after Australia’s sex discrimination commissioner called for urgent changes in the country’s mining industry.

Anglo says 300,000ktpa Peru mine has entered commercial production. Chile output and costs negatively affected by Los Bronces water restrictions and changing ore.

A proposed pipeline of coal mine projects in Australia, the world’s second-biggest exporter of the fuel, are threatening to lock in decades of new carbon emissions.

The Musselwhite underground mine is located on the traditional territory of North Caribou Lake First Nation.

Aluminum traders had seen this movie before back in 2018, when US sanctions on Rusal's owner Oleg Deripaska caused massive upheaval along the entire length of the global supply chain.

The approval comes a week after people familiar with the matter said OZ Minerals was seeking about A$10 billion in a potential sale to BHP.