The crisis in the global copper concentrate market intensifies. Chinese giant Sinomine Resource Group has temporarily suspended operations at its 240,000 tonne-per-year copper smelter in Tsumeb, Namibia, while multinational Glencore faces growing shutdown risks at its smelting and refining operations in Australia, specifically its Mount Isa plant and Townsville refinery. Meanwhile, Glencore’s Pasar plant in […]