More than 1000 jobs at a troubled aluminium smelter are secure after the federal government confirmed it would keep the site running with taxpayer support. Rio Tinto, majority owner of the massive ...

ESKOM has agreed to enter into talks for a new electricity tariff that will see South African smelters reopen, on a limited basis, and potentially save more than 3,000 jobs. Dan Marokane, CEO of the ...

The Minerals Council South Africa and the Ferro Alloy Producers Association (FAPA) have united in rejecting a proposed export tax on chrome ore, calling instead for urgent government action to provide ...

Chinese copper smelters, faced with the prospect of negative fees for turning ore into metal, are in stalemate with a major Chilean miner in talks to set a crucial benchmark for the industry. Annual ...

Glencore’s ferrochrome venture in South Africa will idle two smelters and cut jobs because of unsustainable electricity tariffs. The Swiss commodity-trading house’s venture with Merafe Resources ...

The majority of this expansion is projected to occur during 2025-2026, with China driving much of the growth. Chinese smelters currently account for more than 50% of global copper smelter output. This ...

China’s top copper smelters will cut production by over 10% in 2026, to counter overcapacity in the industry that has led to increasingly distorted copper concentrate processing fees, according to a ...

Major global companies like Trafigura, Glencore and Rio Tinto are all negotiating what additional financial assistance federal and state governments are willing to provide to keep aged, uncompetitive ...

President Trump signed a proclamation granting an exemption for U.S. copper smelters, including Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX), from certain Biden-era air pollution rules that had imposed stricter limits ...

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