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Copper: global supply at risk
A tightening global copper market is facing the real possibility of simultaneous disruptions at three mines in Chile, the top producer. By far the most serious threat to global supplies comes from Escondida, the world’s largest copper mine, where workers...
Acetic acid: production is currently stopped for maintenance
The acetic acid market is consolidating upwards. The price rose to €779.7/mt (2/8/2021), an increase of 2.30% compared to the close recorded on July 29 (€762.16/mt). The acetic acid market rose slightly, the Guangxi and Anhui Huayi plants were closed for maintenance...
Lithium: Rio Tinto prepares to ship pilot plant to Serbia
Rio Tinto Ltd is set to ship a pilot lithium processing plant to Serbia from Melbourne in the coming weeks. The work, undertaken at a science center on the outskirts of Melbourne, has found a way to economically extract lithium from jadarite, a mineral that has only...
Copper: Peru’s roadblocks hit Las Bambas mine once again
A four-day roadblock in Peru by protesters seeking greater benefits from natural resource exploitation is disrupting operations at MMG Ltd’s Las Bambas copper mine, one of the country’s largest. Residents of three communities in the Chumbivilcas province...