In pursuit of all-American copper, his administration has waived a host of environmental policy procedures and handed out exemptions to air pollution standards for big manufacturers. The new policies ...

China’s two biggest copper producers more than doubled profits in the first half of 2026, as soaring income from sulfuric acid — a by-product of the smelting process — added to the impact of higher ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday reversed a Biden-era air pollution rule that had imposed stricter limits on emissions from copper smelters. The copper rule, finalized in ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Oct. 24 aimed at reversing a Biden-era environmental rule that enforced stricter air emission standards on copper smelters. The proclamation grants ...

The traditional annual benchmark system for copper concentrates was facing its biggest test yet, with sector participants preparing for the London Metal Exchange’s LME Week event in London, October 13 ...

DRC copper cobalt export ban: Congo's June 29 order bans concentrate exports immediately, hitting a smelter market already in crisis as Treatment and Refining Charges fall near -$78 per ton. The ban ...

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 ...

The whole Comex curve is at record levels, with 2027 contracts above $7 a pound, yet copper mining stocks had one of their worst sessions of the summer.