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Midstream stress deepens as smelters face collapsing fees and rising concentration risk despite strong copper demand outlook.

Low-carbon steel platform Metal Logic has executed an agreement to acquire approximately 1,000 hectares of tenements strategically located in Western Australia's iron ore-rich Pilbara region, within ...

MELBOURNE, Australia, Sept. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Low-emission steel platform Metal Logic has secured a strategic location in Western Australia's iron ore–rich Pilbara region to deploy its ...

Glencore is planning on curbing zinc smelting at its Nordenham plant. The shutdown is yet another blow to European metal manufacturing, which has seen a wave of shutdowns amid the ongoing energy ...

Copper smelting, a critical process in metal production, often leads to the generation of slag containing valuable metals. Traditionally, this slag has been discarded, causing environmental issues and ...

Limited refining capacity for metals such as copper, aluminum, nickel, graphite and rare earths is creating a strategic ...

[SMM Analysis: The "Counter-Cyclical" Logic of Copper Smelting: When Sulfuric Acid Becomes the Main Product] O n March 13, 2026, China's copper smelting industry set a new historical record. According ...

The company announced that it has implemented a "controlled and safe shutdown" of reduction lines 1, 2 and 3.

After nearly half a century expanding its bread-and-butter business into one of the world’s largest metal smelting operations, Korea Zinc Co. is setting its sights on renewable energy to cut costs and ...