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Track the pulse of the global copper industry with Skillings. This category brings you authoritative reporting on copper mining projects, exploration updates, pricing shifts, smelting developments, and infrastructure demand. As a critical metal for electrification, EVs, and clean energy grids, copper’s role in the green economy is expanding fast—Skillings keeps you informed, competitive, and ahead of market trends.

Base Metals • Jul 10, 2024

How the Ukraine War is Shaping the Future of

The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has sparked a notable increase in global copper demand, fueled by heightened military requirements and supply chain disruptions.

Base Metals • Jun 20, 2024

Why Codelco’s Copper Output is Falling

Chile's Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, is still experiencing major declines in copper output, worsened by several operational and environmental issues.

Base Metals • May 7, 2024

Copper 360 Accelerates Production

Jan Nelson-Led Company Surpasses Milestones, Reviving Northern Cape as a Copper Mining Hub Copper 360, a prominent copper mining company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s…

Base Metals • Apr 8, 2024

First Quantum Minerals Raises Alarm Over

First Quantum Minerals, through its subsidiary Minera Panamá, has issued a communiqué highlighting the dangers associated with the long-term storage of copper concentrate at the Cobre…

Base Metals • Apr 1, 2024

Jubilee Metals Group Expands Operations with

Jubilee Metals Group, a leading diversified metals processor, is making significant strides in its expansion efforts with the formation of a joint venture (JV) vehicle alongside…

Base Metals • Mar 28, 2024

DRDGOLD to determine economic viability of

Northern Cape copper enterprise Copper 360 introduced on Wednesday that it has signed a memorandum of expertise (MoU) with DRDGOLD’s Far West Gold Recoveries tailings retreatment…

Base Metals • Jan 1, 2024

The Green Energy Copper Challenge and How

The global shift towards renewable energy, characterized by increasing reliance on wind energy and electric vehicles (EVs), depends heavily on the supply of copper.

Base Metals • Nov 25, 2023

Harmony Gold to delay Eva Copper project as

HARMONY Gold said it expected "some" downturn at its Eva copper project after saying earlier this week that license approval would take "longer than expected".

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