Trader Trafigura has continued to break new ground in the mining sector with the first sale of low-carbon copper anodes from Africa. The initial cargo has been produced by Kamoa Copper for metal ...

In 2025, China's smelting and refining capacity grew, while the TC for copper concentrates continued to deteriorate. Against this backdrop, smelters were compelled to adjust their raw material mix, ...

Kamoa-Kakula smelter is Africa's largest copper smelter with a capacity of 500,000 tonnes of copper per annum Kamoa-Kakula 2026 sales set to exceed production as 20,000 tonnes of stockpiled copper in ...

Metals trader Trafigura and TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines’ Kamoa Copper business in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has successfully completed its first sale of low-carbon copper anodes, which is ...

The recovery and separation of tellurium and other valuable metals from copper anode slime represents a significant advance in both sustainable resource utilisation and environmental management.

The Survey illustrates this concern with the example of a 1 GW wind turbine, which needs around 2,866 tonnes of copper. This implies that at a 0.6% yield, miners process about 477,667 tonnes of copper ...

February SMM China copper cathode production decreased by 36,900 mt MoM, a decline of 3.13%, and was up 7.96% YoY.

This article is authored by Amir Ullah Khan, development economist and public policy strategist.

The copper price began 2025 on a rebound, spending time above US$5 per pound during Q1 after trading within the US$4 to ...