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Metals: Aurubis chooses to double recycling capacity at Georgia plant
An equipment and technology contract signed by Hamburg, Germany-based Aurubis AG provides further details on the metals production and recycling company's intention to double the initially announced capacity of its scrap-fuelled copper refinery in Richmond, Georgia....
Nickel: new scandal for the LME
The London Metal Exchange (LME) has discovered in a Rotterdam warehouse bags of stones instead of the nickel that was the basis of a handful of its contracts, in a revelation that will deal another blow to confidence in the struggling exchange. The quantity of metal...
Aluminum: Glencore will not renew $16 billion contract with Russia’s Rusal
According to Glencore's CEO, the company will not renew its $16 billion deal to buy aluminum from Russia's largest producer United Co Rusal International when it expires next year. The decision to abandon the deal is part of Glencore's policy of not doing new business...
Copper: Panama gives First Quantum the green light to operate a port terminal
The Panama Maritime Authority has lifted the suspension of First Quantum Minerals' operations at the port of Punta Rincon, which the Canadian company uses to export copper concentrate from its key Cobre Panama mine. The company, which has spent very hot weeks with...