B.C. eyes copper smelter to move up mining value chain

B.C. is exploring the possibility of building a copper smelter and refinery as critical minerals increasingly become a ...
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China studies how to regulate copper smelting capacity, industry association says

BEIJING, Sept 25 (Reuters) - China, the world's biggest copper smelter, is studying ways to strengthen regulation on the expansion of smelting capacity, a state news outlet said on Thursday, as record ...

China’s copper heartland vows to build US$28 billion empire, dominate in global market

Shandong province plans to create a world-class smelting hub by 2027 to secure supply chains for the strategic metal as ...
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First Quantum could build Africa copper smelter

TORONTO (Reuters) - First Quantum Minerals may consider building a copper smelter in Africa to help ease a capacity shortage that has raised costs at its mines, the company's president said on ...
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Mount Isa copper smelter's planned closure prompts fears production will move overseas

What would Queensland's "Stack City" be without its smoking stack? By 2030, the outback city of Mount Isa will find out. The famous candy-cane-striped copper smelter, or stack, gave the mining town of ...
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How a 3000-year-old copper smelting site could be key to understanding the origins of iron

Research from Cranfield University sheds new light onto the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, showing how experimentation with iron-rich rocks by copper smelters may have sparked the ...