Copper smelter cuts in China due to low processing fees are reducing refined copper supply. Mine closures and protests in Peru and Panama are further limiting copper supply. The falling US dollar and ...

BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Some Chinese smelters have agreed to process copper from Chilean miner Antofagasta for no charge, a record low for the industry, but the outcome was better than expected ...

HAYDEN — Down Velasco Avenue, past Town Hall, the volunteer fire department, a dozen ramshackle bungalows and an empty community pool, stands a 1,000-foot-tall smelter stack — dormant and casting an ...

China’s copper smelters have agreed to process copper concentrate from Chilean miner Antofagasta for free, setting a new low for treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) in the global copper business.

On July 9, 2025, President Trump announced the imposition of a sweeping 50 percent tariff on all imported copper, effective August 1. The announcement followed a five-month investigation under Section ...

LONDON, June 20 (Reuters) - Copper smelters are now so desperate to find raw material they are paying miners for converting their concentrates into refined metal. So-called treatment and refining ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -JX Advanced Metals will likely cut copper production by tens of thousands of metric tons in fiscal 2025 compared with earlier plans and unveil a roadmap to reduce smelting capacity by ...

A dormant copper smelter in Hayden, Arizona, may reopen after its parent company, Grupo Mexico, announced plans to expand production. The smelter, once a top polluter, was designated an EPA Superfund ...