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Copper: Chilean November production down
According to the Chilean Copper Commission, Chile's total copper production in November fell 0.6% year-on-year to 481,800 tons, due to declines at state-owned Codelco and the giant Escondida mine. Codelco's production saw a 7.4% drop in November compared to the same...
Scrap steel 2021: China used 230 million tons
According to estimates by Feng Helin, vice president of the Scrap Metal Utilization Association (CAMU), Chinese steel mills consumed 230 million tons of steel scrap this year. According to Feng, in the January-November period, steel scrap consumption in all steel...
Copper: Las Bambas mine ready to restart mining operations
Las Bambas operations director Edgardo Orderique reported Thursday that the process for resuming copper production at the Peruvian mine will take five to six days, after reaching an agreement with the local community. Given this agreement, all necessary notices will...
Aluminum: price rises with production under pressure in Europe and China
Aluminum rose as investors weighed new signs of pressure on production, with Alcoa Corp. planning to close a European plant and Beijing vowing to cut carbon emissions from China's smelters. Alcoa will shut down a Spanish plant for two years due to rising energy costs,...