COPPER

Congo Becomes China’s Strategic Key Copper Supplier

China is witnessing the rewards of its substantial investments in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with a 71% year-on-year surge in refined copper imports from the central African nation. In 2024, shipments reached 1.48 million metric tons, cementing...

Trade Shifts Reshape Transatlantic Copper Pricing Trends

Copper Faces Tariff Threat Amid Rising U.S.-LME Premium The U.S. copper market is bracing for potential tariff impositions, with the premium between CME and London Metal Exchange (LME) copper contracts widening in response to speculation that the red metal might...

Solaris Resources’ Warintza Project May Be Salve for Supply Concerns and Copper Crunch

The copper market is bracing for a significant supply deficit in 2024, a consequence of several factors disrupting the supply and demand balance. New discoveries, while promising, are unlikely to offset the shortfall, as the industry fights production setbacks,...

Xtract forms JV to earn into Zambian copper mine

Xtract Resources has announced a joint venture (JV) agreement with Oval Mining, which is in collaboration with Cooperlemon Consultancy, to potentially acquire up to a 70% stake in Zambia’s Silverking copper mine and its accompanying exploration licence. The initial option...

Zambia could raise copper output by one million tonnes a year by 2026

Zambia’s copper output could rise to around one million tonnes (mt) a year by 2026 as investment in expanding production at mines continues to add to capacity, the nation’s finance minister, Situmbeko Musokotwane, said on Friday. Copper production is a...

Xtract forms JV to earn into Zambian copper mine

Xtract Resources has announced a joint venture (JV) agreement with Oval Mining, which is in collaboration with Cooperlemon Consultancy, to potentially acquire up to a 70% stake in Zambia’s Silverking copper mine and its accompanying exploration licence. The initial option...

Amaroq announces new nickel-copper discovery at Sendalen

Amaroq Minerals Ltd, an independent mine development corporation with a substan-tial land package of gold and strategic mineral assets across in Southern Greenland, has announced a significant new nickel-copper discovery at its Stendalen project. Over 140 m of disseminated...

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