Ecobat’s Stolberg lead plant in Germany declares force majeure
Berzelius Stolberg is part of the Ecobat group and produces about 155,000 tonnes of lead and lead alloys annually.
Berzelius Stolberg is part of the Ecobat group and produces about 155,000 tonnes of lead and lead alloys annually.
Los Pelambres, located 240 km north-east of Santiago, is beginning to feel the impact of one of Chile’s worst droughts in the last 12 years.
BHP announced plans to train 200 new drivers.
The Panguna mine was operated by BCL, majority-owned by Rio Tinto, for 17 years from 1972 until 1989, when operations were suspended due to an uprising against the mine and subsequent civil war.
Castillo says he wants to increase spending on healthcare and education by raising the funds from mining tax hikes.
BHP wants to exit while it can still get a good price for the assets, aiming to repeat a 2018 sale of its shale business to BP Plc for $10.4 billion.
Benchmark 10-year treasury yields touched more than a five-month low, reducing the opportunity cost of holding gold.
That estimate is nearly four times higher than an initial deal struck with mining companies in 2016.
To put the current trend into perspective, this graphic uses data from the U.S. Federal Reserve and consultancy Roskill to picture copper’s previous rallies over the last 120 years.
As tensions mount between China and the US, automakers are trying to reduce their reliance on permanent magnets.