Western Australia’s miners call for inquiry over reported sexual assaults

Up 75% in a year battery producers stock up on high grade exchange-held metal in anticipation of electric vehicle boom.

Southern Copper Corp. is preparing to scale the ranking of global producers by spending more than $10 billion in Peru and Mexico.

The decision is a setback for the Swiss commodity trader, which is facing multiple disputes in the central African nation.

The Anglo-Australian miner has until mid-June to respond to the union's demands.

Copper prices will rise.

The two companies jointly own the Coimolache mining company in Peru, and are both junior partners in large mines in Peru controlled by U.S.-based companies.

In early May, China implemented a 30-day ban on all scrap-copper imports, part of wider limits on all sorts of imported waste.

The Halifax, Nova Scotia-based miner also said it had launched an offering of common shares to Mongolian residents, as well as a concurrent non-brokered private placement, which in combination are expected to raise up to $4.4 million.

Regulations to implement the new code are due to be signed into law next week.