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Copper: Chile rejects Anglo American’s $3 billion expansion project
Anglo American reported Tuesday that Chile's environmental regulator has formally rejected the company's application for a $3 billion expansion of its Los Bronces copper mine. The 377-page decision follows last week's recommendation by the same office, Chile's...
Nickel: effects of geopolitical uncertainty and pandemic on demand
Geopolitical uncertainty and the Covid-19 pandemic could impact demand for carbon and stainless steel raw materials such as manganese and nickel in the second half of the year. A recovery in nickel demand in China is expected in the second quarter after slowing in Q1....
Copper: the protest continues in the mine of Las Bambas
MMG is still facing prolonged disruption at its copper mine in Peru after failing to clear the site of all protesters in an operation that further inflamed tensions with indigenous groups. Security personnel from the Hong Kong-listed company worked with police this...
Copper: Peruvian police carry out second day of evictions at Las Bambas mine
Peruvian police on Thursday carried out the second day of evictions at MMG's Las Bambas copper mine, attempting to remove an indigenous community that had camped out on the company's property in protest. The action at Chinese-owned Las Bambas, which supplies 2% of the...