Copper price plunges on China’s pledge to bring down coal prices

From vacuum cleaners to electric vehicles.

Figure is fivefold increase from August, up 3,400% y/y

Some 800 workers, including at the port San Juan de Marcona, have taken part in the indefinite strike after negotiations over a new contract broke down.

The logic is sound: If steel mills are given pollution restrictions, they will use the best possible quality iron ore to maximise the amount of steel produced relative to the energy consumed.

Nutrien’s executive vice-president Michael Webb, described Julio Ponce, the Chilean miner’s top shareholder and former chairman, as a “hypocrite” and urged him to “look beyond himself."

He is said to have already begun training three to four people to succeed him in the job.

A rock burst at around 11 p.m. on Saturday destroyed part of a water drainage tunnel in a coal mine.

NMC cathodes currently account for nearly 28% of global EV sales, forecast to grow to 63% by 2027.

China ready to bring on the heat as the official heating season starts on Nov. 15.