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Steel: heat wave in China forces some EAF mills to slow down operations
The heat wave that has gripped China since mid-July has led to power shortages in eastern and southwestern China and elsewhere, forcing local authorities to introduce electricity rationing for industrial enterprises, including electric arc steel mills (EAFs), so that...
Copper: Chile imposes measures against Lundin Mining over giant sinkhole
Chile's environmental regulator SMA said Tuesday it has issued a series of measures against a copper mine owned by Canada's Lundin Mining Corp after a sinkhole opened up near one of the company's mines. The SMA ordered six "urgent and transitional" measures as it...
EU distributor shipments continue downward trend
EU distributor shipments in the first six months of the year continued their negative trend. Service centers for flat products saw six-month shipments decline by 1.1 percent year-on-year. In the January-May period, the annual change was still slightly positive (+0.1...
Copper: Codelco will resume construction of mining projects in the coming days
Chilean state-owned Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, plans to resume construction of mining projects in the coming days after two fatal accidents put work on hold last month. "We will take as much time as necessary so that all our processes, all our...