While the copper price hovers near all-time highs, the metal’s value to smelters has collapsed after an unprecedented implosion in processing fees. The companies that convert mined concentrate into ...

The International Copper Study Group says copper production increased in the first half of 2025, and London-based Earth-i says the trend continues. Earth-i, in a late September press release, says ...

Glencore's full-year copper production slumped on lower ore grades and recoveries despite a second-half increase in output. Production in the second-half of the year was almost 50% above that of the ...

The Chinese manufacturer has started production at a 21 GW back-contact cell facility in China, marking the first large-scale ...

Satellite tracking and analysis firm Earth-i observes 40 percent of capacity operating rates at some copper smelting plants in China. Global secondary refined recycled-content production grew by 5.5 ...