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Steel: increasing EAF capacity utilisation in China
As of 9 September, the capacity utilisation rate of many of China’s independent electric arc furnace (EAF) steel mills recovered after a two-week decline, rising 2.74 percentage points to 63.14%, as some EAF mills in eastern and southwestern China returned to...
Copper: Jiangxi Copper and MCC focus on Mes Aynak mine in Afghanistan
Jiangxi Copper Co. and Metallurgical Corp of China (MCC) are monitoring the situation in Afghanistan to develop the Mes Aynak copper mine. The company and MCC took out a 30-year lease for the mine in 2008, which has an estimated reserve of 11.08 million tonnes of...
Lithium: Albemarle Atacama union rejects new offer, strike continues
The Chilean union of Albemarle Corp, the world’s leading lithium producer, reported on Monday that it has rejected the company’s latest labour contract offer, leaving workers to continue their strike that has extended for more than a month. The 135-member...
Copper: Codelco’s wage agreements ease supply tensions
Workers at a Codelco mine in Chile have agreed to end a strike while union members at a BHP group mine have agreed to a new wage proposal, easing labour tensions in the copper-producing nation. Codelco reached an agreement to end a strike lasting more than three weeks...