Here’s why the Iron ore and copper prices are surging
Copper and iron ore prices have started the year well even as the US dollar index and government bond yields surged. Iron ore ...
The Mining Journal2d
Smelting activity picks up towards 2024 year-end
Copper smelting activity has risen 1.9% month-on-month, data from  Earth-i's SAVANT shows, as activity picks up ahead of the ...
Metal16h
China's copper concentrate imports for the full year of 2024 are 28.114 million mt, slightly below the expected value [SMM Analysis].
China's imported copper concentrates and ores totaled 2.522 million mt, up 12.3% MoM and up 1.7% YoY. From January to December, cumulative imports of copper ores and concentrates reached 28.114 ...
Metal17h
Secondary Copper Rod Enterprises' 2025 Chinese New Year Break Arrangements [SMM Analysis]
With the Chinese New Year holiday approaching, SMM has communicated with secondary copper rod enterprises across various regions to summarize their holiday arrangements and resumption schedules as ...
Mining1mon
Glencore in talks to sell Philippine copper smelting unit
A massive expansion of smelting capacity globally coincided with production setbacks at major mines — meaning smelters have to compete more to get hold of the partially processed copper ores ...