West Raglan covers just under 84,000 hectares and is 70 km west of Glencore’s Raglan mine, the biggest nickel producer in Quebec.

A slowdown in China’s manufacturing sector is casting an ever larger shadow over the copper market, writes Andy Home.

The world’s biggest copper miner has offered Chinese customers annual copper supply for 2022 at a premium of $105 a tonne.

The worst performers among 53 major metal companies ranked for risks and readiness in a net-zero emissions scenario were an Australian iron ore miner and steelmakers from Russia and India.

Confirmation of the change is expected in the second quarter next year when the new KSM prefeasibility study is released.

The mining industry’s lobby group had complained for years that not being allowed to deduct royalties amounted to double taxation and deterred investment.