Base Metals

Gecamines rejects criticism about destiny of tax payments, citing company overhaul

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GECAMINES, the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC's) state-owned base metals company, rejected criticism it ought to pay tax advances to the country's tax authorities,...

Vedanta chairman Agarwal fails to persuade Lungu to KCM winding up...

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VEDANTA Resources failed to persuade Zambian president, Edgar Lungu, to change his country's position regarding the proposed liquidation of Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), the copper...

Vedanta wins High Court injunction preventing Zambian liquidator from selling KCM...

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VEDANTA'S legal odyssey with the Zambian courts took a positive turn on November 28 when an injunction was granted preventing the provisional liquidator of...

Glencore may restart Mopani Copper ahead of 90-day notice to mothball...

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GLENCORE could restart operations at its Mopani Copper Mines in Zambia in order to provide the southern African country's government with 90-days notice of its...

DRC issues indefinite waiver to 2013 export bans on cobalt, copper...

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MINERS in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been granted an indefinite waiver to an export ban on cobalt hydroxide and carbonite as...

Bottled-up scrap copper supply during Covid-19 lockdown could interrupt bull market...

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THE surge in the price of copper may be interrupted by a glut of supply from the scrap market, said Bloomberg news. "Scrap remains plentiful...

Barrick Gold “actively looking at copper projects” as M&A window closes...

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BARRICK Gold has switched its attention from copper industry merger and acquisition activity towards exploration following the improvement in the price of the red...

Zambia’s new mines minister promises to bring stability to sector

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ZAMBIA'S newly appointed mines minister, Paul Kabuswe was promised to bring stability back to the country's mining sector following the increasingly unpredictable final years...

South32 receives all-time high prices for SA aluminium but struggles to...

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SOUTH32 reported record aluminium prices for metal produced by Hillside, its South African smelter, but struggled to clear a backlog of metal owing to...

Anglo produces first copper from Quellaveco – but comes amid narrowing...

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ANGLO American has produced first copper concentrate from Quellaveco, its $5.3bn project in Peru held in joint venture with Mitsubishi - an important precursor...