China’s copper smelters have agreed to process copper concentrate from Chilean miner Antofagasta for free, setting a new low for treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) in the global copper business.

The smelter produced the first anodes in December 2025, approximately five weeks after the start of its heat-up process.

BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Some Chinese smelters have agreed to process copper from Chilean miner Antofagasta for no charge, a record low for the industry, but the outcome was better than expected ...

The ramp-up of the Kamoa-Kakula copper smelter will continue throughout 2026, with completion expected towards year-end.

Copper smelting is an intricate high‐temperature process that converts copper concentrates into purer metallic copper through a series of chemical and thermal reactions. Central to modern smelting ...

BEIJING (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 low ...

The South Australian government has initiated the application and assessment process for BHP's (NYSE:BHP) proposed expansion of its Olympic Dam copper smelter and refinery. If approved, this project ...

Chilean miner Antofagasta and a Chinese copper smelter have agreed treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) for 2026 of $0 per metric ton and 0 cent per pound, two sources with knowledge of the matter ...

China’s copper industry could face pressure due to the declining price of a key moneymaking byproduct, potentially leading to a drop in operating rates, according to a Chinese consultancy. Prices of ...

At a laboratory in Newark, New Jersey, a gray liquid swirls vigorously inside a reactor the size of a small watermelon. Here, scientists with the mining technology startup Still Bright are using a ...

The president exempted a copper smelter in Arizona from air-quality rules. An E.P.A. official guided the company that sought ...