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    • 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

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      Lex
      Copper/China: red metal’s purple patch is set to continue Premium content

      Traders are buying up metal in anticipation of Chinese economic recovery as Covid rules are relaxed

      A worker operates a copper smelter in Tongling, China
    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      Industrial metals
      Copper rallies on hopes of China economic rebound

      Beijing’s loosening of Covid restrictions triggers gains in metals exposed to Chinese property sector

      Molten copper flows into molds at a smelting plant of Wuzhou
    • Friday, 9 December, 2022
      Rio Tinto PLC
      Rio Tinto prevails in $3.3bn takeover of Turquoise Hill

      Vote by Canadian group’s shareholders in favour of offer will give it greater control of Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia

      The Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia
    • Friday, 18 November, 2022
      LexBHP Group PLC
      BHP/copper: better offer for OZ shows increasing conviction in red metal’s potential Premium content

      Improved bid for local rival is good news for those investors focused on the metal’s long-term growth potential

      BHP logo and toy figure digging in the ground
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