Copper miners, smelters inch closer to treatment charge deal

The 14-day strike had raised fears of global supply shortfalls.

China has been gradually curbing imports of scrap, which accounted for 10% of its copper use in 2018.

Workers will go to extreme lengths to break into mine sites in Africa, sometimes tunneling underneath walls or living underground to extract ore with a pick-axe.

Analysts forecast a 2.8% decline in the country’s June copper output.

The case has intensified concerns among international miners about resource nationalism in Africa.

Army will deploy at the KOV open-pit mine as the search for more victims continues.

The three main labor unions at Chile's Chuquicamata mine voted to accept the latest contract offer from Codelco.

Government source says China's Nonferrous Metals Mining Corporation (CNMC) had offered $2 billion for KCM.

Native communities from the Peruvian Amazon and the Andes have filed at least eight lawsuits against the government since passage of the so-called "prior consultation" law in 2011.