South32 sees competitive process for Botswana copper mine ‘a bit rich’ The company says the sales process for Botswana's Khoemacau copper mine was quite competitive. Reuters | August 24, 2023 | 4:28 pm
Have the bears finally got it right on China? China is doing exactly what political leaders in the West failed to achieve: bringing its economy back to life without inducing an inflationary shock. James Cooper | August 24, 2023 | 10:32 am
Chilean lawmakers to launch Codelco probe amid extended copper slide The probe will focus in particular on project delays and planning, as well as Codelco's corporate structure, according to a congressional statement. Reuters | August 24, 2023 | 10:05 am
Headwinds mount in quest for stable copper supplies By 2025, deficit is projected to spike to 217,000 tonnes and could further intensify to a staggering 2.2 million tonnes by 2032. Henry Lazenby | August 24, 2023 | 9:48 am
Column: LME warehousers bet the great metals destock is over LME storage capacity grew modestly in the second quarter of this year, the first quarterly increase in two years. Reuters | August 24, 2023 | 8:16 am
Ailing Chinese copper giant announces tie-up to help debt crisis Maike until recently was responsible for a quarter of China’s refined copper imports, but ran into difficulties last year. Bloomberg News | August 24, 2023 | 7:36 am
Congo wants ERG copper, cobalt assets in bid to regain control The government and state-owned miner Gecamines say ERG has been too slow to develop the deposits. Bloomberg News | August 24, 2023 | 7:32 am
South32 sees China economic support helping base metals Underlying earnings for the year ended June 30 came in at $916 million, lower than the $2.60 billion posted last year. Reuters | August 23, 2023 | 3:35 pm
Australia sees strong demand for critical minerals over next 40 years The government's "Intergenerational Report 2023" will forecast the global demand for lithium is projected to increase sharply through 2063. Reuters | August 23, 2023 | 10:13 am