Glencore reports lower metals production in 2024
The company produced 951,600 tonnes of copper in 2024, down 6% from 1.01 million tonnes in 2023.
The West Virginia Governor’s Independent Investigation Panel announced Thursday its findings that the explosion that killed 29 miners at the Upper Big Branch coal mine on April 5, 2010, was preventable.
J. Davitt McAteer, the former head of MSHA, who headed the state investigation, told the news media “a great deal went wrong. A great many problems occurred that led to this disaster.”
