Budel smelter in the Netherlands will be put on care and maintenance from September 1 until further notice.

Traders say many previous participants of the market worry they may be buffeted by price volatility again.

The Neves-Corvo mine produced 7,867 tonnes of copper and 20,647 tonnes of zinc in the April-June period this year.

At the dormant Haig Pit in Whitehaven, there are signs that an activity long considered dead wants to come back to life.

The plant will have capacity of 100 gigawatt hours, enough to power more than 1 million cars, and will run on renewable energy.

Scarcity in the physical supply chain has drained metal away from the exchange, hitting rental revenue for storage suppliers, writes Andy Home.

Company reported a 33% jump in first-half production costs on Friday.