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Copper: environmental permit approved for Anglo American’s Los Bronces project
On Monday, the government's committee of ministers approved an environmental permit for a $3 billion extension of Anglo American's Los Bronces project in Chile. Environmentalists and social groups have criticised the initiative located in the Andes Mountains near the...
Copper: metal shortage threatens green transition
Metal markets seem to think that copper is the new lithium. The lack of new mining has increased concerns that there will not be enough red metal for the energy transition, a popular topic at this week's World Copper Conference in Santiago, Chile. South America...
Tin: Wa State of Myanmar announces suspension of mining from August
Wa State in Myanmar announced the suspension of mining operations as of 1 August 2023. According to ITA estimates, this would account for about 10 per cent of the world's supply of tin concentrate. The document issued on 15 April 2023 by the Wa State Central Economic...
Tin: prices rise more than 10 per cent following mining ban talks in Myanmar
Tin prices jumped Monday to their highest in almost two months following rumours of a potential mining ban in Myanmar, the main producer of the ore. The most-traded May tin contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange jumped 11.9 per cent to 218,580 yuan ($31,815.20) per...