Own sourced copper production was down 3% to 1,502,200 tonnes in 2015, reflecting the suspension of processing operations at Katanga and a significant curtailment at Mopani. These volume reductions were partly offset by increases at ...
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Glencore Xstrata produced 425,800 mt of copper in the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2013, up 32.2% year on year and up 3.1% quarter on quarter, the company said Tuesday. Copper output over January-December 2013 totaled 1.5 million mt, ...
NICKEL is on track to end 2012 as the worst performing base metal and 2013 doesn't look much better. In fact, the only hope for existing nickel producers is that some of the emerging operations strike technical problems in their ...
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According to Andrew Mitchell, an analyst at researcher Wood Mackenzie Ltd, nickel market may be in balance next year as demand strengthens amid potential delays in adding supply. Following are comments made by Mr Mitchell on November 20. ...
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SHARECAST reported that Xstrata Nickel, one of Xstrata Group's global commodity businesses and the industrial partner in the Koniambo Nickel Project, has completed the construction of the first production line of the smelter, with first ...
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