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Aluminum: Southeast Asia may be the key to Chinese smelters’ production problems
China's major aluminum smelters are looking to shift some of their production capacity abroad, especially to Indonesia, as they grapple with a domestic capacity cap and power shortages in the southwestern part of the country. Such a move would also be timely, as...
Aluminum: Alcoa’s JV in Australia will reduce production
Pittsburgh-based Alcoa Corp. announced that the Portland Aluminium smelter in Victoria state, Australia, has begun to reduce overall production in light of operational instability. Production at the smelter will be reduced to about 75 percent of the site's total...
Copper: First Quantum resumes operations at Cobre Panama mine
First Quantum Minerals has resumed operations at normal levels at the Cobre Panama mine. First Quantum had suspended ore processing operations at the mine on Feb. 23 after a Panama government order blocked loading permits at the port, limiting copper storage capacity...
Copper: Chile’s Codelco gets sustainability certification for El Teniente mine
Chilean state-owned Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, said it has achieved Copper Mark sustainability certification for its flagship El Teniente mine. The company had said last year that it would seek certification for all its operations by the end of 2023...