The most significant change in the imported copper concentrate market in the first half of 2026 emerged during the mid-year term-contract negotiations. According to SMM, Antofagasta, a leading Chilean ...

Research from Cranfield University sheds new light onto the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, showing how experimentation with iron-rich rocks by copper smelters may have sparked the ...

500-ktpa smelter to be the largest copper smelter in Africa, and one of the world's largest single-line smelters Metso Outotec's state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly smelter technology aligned ...

Africa's largest copper smelter produced 112,307 tonnes of high-strength sulphuric acid; July contracts priced at ...

China Nerin Engineering, one of the country’s leading metallurgical engineering design companies, has signed an agreement ...

LONDON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Global copper smelting activity dipped in December as smelters shut for maintenance after a year of sluggish activity, data from satellite surveillance of metal processing ...

Germany-based nonferrous metals production firm Aurubis AG says it has inaugurated its Complex Recycling Hamburg (CRH) ...

Satellite tracking and analysis firm Earth-i observes 40 percent of capacity operating rates at some copper smelting plants in China. Global secondary refined recycled-content production grew by 5.5 ...

While the copper price hovers near all-time highs, the metal's value to smelters has collapsed after an unprecedented implosion in processing fees.