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Copper: Zambia declares agreement with Vedanta for disputed activities imminent
Zambia is close to settling its dispute with Vedanta Resources over its Konkola Copper Mines assets, with an agreement imminent over the future of the partly state-owned unit. KCM has struggled to attract investment since relations between Zambia and Vedanta broke...
More than 60% of the quotas allocated to China were used in the new EU quota period
The new quota period started between 1 July and 30 September, and by 4 July the quota utilisation rate for some products, especially those reserved for China, exceeded 60%. It appears that some of the product quotas allocated to China will be filled as the tonnages...
Base metals: down in the first half of 2023
In the first half of 2023, non-ferrous metals were almost all bearish. In June, China's manufacturing sector contracted for the third consecutive month. The official Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) stood at 49.0, a slight improvement from May, but still below the...
Germanium: Congo will benefit from China’s export restriction
China's limits on exports of germanium products will boost prices of the semiconductor material, Congolese state mining company Gecamines said on Wednesday, creating more value for the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is preparing a new unit to produce it. On...