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  • Wednesday, 21 February, 2024
    Rio Tinto PLC
    Rio Tinto approves world’s biggest mining project in west Africa

    Miner’s chief Jakob Stausholm outlines ambition to produce iron ore from $20bn development as soon as 2025

    Jakob Stausholm, chief executive of Rio Tinto
  • Monday, 5 February, 2024
    Bill Gates-backed mining company discovers vast Zambian copper deposit

    KoBold Metals’ discovery comes as US steps up African metals push to rival China’s dominance

    A truck at the Chibuluma copper mine
  • Friday, 22 December, 2023
    Moira O'Neill
    Five gold rings? I’d rather have silver

    Demand for rare metals is likely to soar over the next 10 years

  • Wednesday, 20 December, 2023
    Industrial metals
    Supply squeeze helps copper prices buck tough year for base metals

    Red metal known as a leading indicator on the global economy is set to be 2023’s top-performing industrial mineral

    A worker loads copper pipe offcuts into a furnace in the foundry at the Valjaonica Bakra Sevojno AD copper mill in Sevojno, Serbia
  • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
    Lex
    Copper: China plants red flags on red metal ahead of green switch Premium content

    Expect China’s state-backed miners to continue bidding up the price of the metal

    A Peruvian copper mine operated by MMG
  • Monday, 9 October, 2023
    Copper producers warn of lack of mines to meet demand for metal

    Warning comes as falling prices hit commodity vital for green transition

    Kathleen Quirk, president of Freeport-McMoran, speaks of her concerns over developing copper supplies at the FT mining summit
  • Friday, 29 September, 2023
    Markets
    Rate shocks and growth stocks Premium content

    And copper revisited

    NY skyline
  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
    Aurubis AG
    Copper producer Aurubis sets out €185mn hit from suspected fraud

    Hamburg-based group has been probing alleged conspiracy between suppliers and employees

    Powdered copper grout at an outdoor storage plant
  • Friday, 15 September, 2023
    Unhedged
    Copper as lifeline and as investment Premium content

    If you think global warming can be solved, buy copper

    A Wall Street sign
  • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
    UK politics
    UK scientists call on Sunak to back deep-sea mining ‘moratorium’

    Letter expresses concerns about the nascent industry’s environmental impact

    Activists protest against deep sea mining in the Pacific
  • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
    News in-depthBarrick Gold Corp
    Miners’ hunt for copper takes Barrick to Pakistan’s western frontier

    Reko Diq has potential to be one of world’s biggest suppliers of metal needed for energy transition

    Local government officials visit the gold and copper mine site in the town of Reko Diq in Pakistan
  • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
    Vedanta Resources PLC
    Vedanta to take back ownership of Zambian copper mine

    Indian group to invest $1bn over 5 years to revive KCM after it struggled under state ownership

    A miner using a machine to excavate copper ore
  • Friday, 1 September, 2023
    Europe’s biggest copper producer says it has been victim of huge theft

    Aurubis probes suspected conspiracy between suppliers and employees

    A heap of scrap copper at an Aurubis recycling smelter
  • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
    LexBHP Group Ltd
    BHP: miner steels itself for Chinese economic downturn Premium content

    The iron ore and copper dependent group’s dividend largesse cannot hold out forever

    A freight train carrying iron ore travels along a route towards Port Hedland, Australia
  • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
    ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
    Barrick chief slams ‘myopic’ western funds for focusing on quick returns

    Mark Bristow praises Saudi Arabia for showing interest in Pakistan copper and gold mine in province riven by violence

    Barrick Gold chief executive Mark Bristow
  • Sunday, 13 August, 2023
    The Big Read
    Zambia’s plan to dig its way out of debt with a copper revival

    With its former mining capital in disrepair, the central African nation is seeking new investment to help reverse its past mistakes

  • Sunday, 6 August, 2023
    Miner Rio Tinto to test ‘new frontiers’ as copper age dawns

    Anglo-Australian group rethinks strategy in race to extract metal vital for clean energy transition

    A worker at Rio’s Oyu Tolgoi mine in southern Mongolia
  • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
    Copper price slides as global demand drops sharply

    LME stockpiles build up rapidly as European industrial activity cools

    A worker handles copper shavings
  • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
    FT Magazine
    The harrowing true story of a high-stakes heist gone wrong

    Demand is so high that thieves risk their lives to supply cartels with scrap metal

    A copper wire wrapped around the tip of a pliers, a handgun and rand notes
  • Sunday, 23 April, 2023
    Banks
    ING sues China’s biggest bank over copper trading losses

    Dutch lender alleges ICBC failed to collect payment for metals sold to cash-squeezed commodity trader Maike

    Signage outside a branch of ICBC in Shanghai, China
  • Tuesday, 4 April, 2023
    Leslie Hook
    Glencore’s bid for Teck Resources revives animal spirits in race for copper

    Mining M&A is back with copper driving deals as cash-rich companies anticipate shortfall of the metal later this decade

    Homes along a runoff pond from the Antamina mine
  • Friday, 24 March, 2023
    News in-depth
    Copper price to surge to record high this year, Trafigura forecasts

    Rebound in Chinese demand has pushed up cost faster than any other industrial metal

    A crane moves a bag of copper concentrate onto a cargo train at the Erdenet copper mine in Mongolia
  • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
    Lex
    Copper/Peru: unrest highlights the potential for supply shocks Premium content

    Reports indicate that mines are running but risks of shutdowns have not passed

    General view of a copper mine
  • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
    Peru unrest threatens copper supply

    Analysts expect disruption to world’s second-largest producer to boost prices of the metal

    a view of the Las Bambas copper mine in Challhuahuacho, Peru.
  • Saturday, 28 January, 2023
    ExplainerCharts that Matter
    China’s comeback turbocharges base metal prices

    Industrial commodities, led by tin, have surged more than 20 per cent in three months

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