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Copper: Mount Polley mine preparing to restart
Hundreds of workers who worked at the Mount Polley copper mine near Williams Lake, British Columbia, have been recalled and new ones recruited as the mine prepares to restart in the spring, buoyed by high copper prices. Mount Polley was closed in 2014 after a massive...
Pig iron: China resumes exports to the US in the absence of CIS supplies
After a seven-year hiatus, China has resumed exporting pig iron to the United States, where the market desperately needs steel products to fill a supply gap. Earlier this month, a deal was struck for 70,000 tonnes of pig iron originating in China with a US buyer at...
Copper: Las Bambas workers launch a protest action
After a tense meeting with the company, the union representing MMG's Las Bambas workers has announced the launch of a protest action to demand a review of the year-end profit amounts paid by the mining company to its employees. The union said this is the first time...
Scrap: Japanese export prices consolidate
Export offers for Japanese scrap have risen further and major buyers have increased their offers. Buyers such as Taiwan and Vietnam are likely to show more interest as the Japanese yen has depreciated against the dollar. Despite the weak currency, scrap export offers...