China copper smelters bracing for shortage of vital scrap metal
Around 30% of China’s refined copper production used scrap metal as a feedstock in 2023.
Workers at US company Freeport McMoRan’s giant gold and copper mine in Indonesia’s Papua region agreed on Monday to end a strike that has lasted more than a week. Workers at US company Freeport McMoRan’s giant gold and copper mine in Indonesia’s Papua