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Copper prices soared on Tuesday to their biggest daily percentage gain in 2½ years, as Glencore PLC’s decision to shut mines and an increase in Chinese imports prompted investors and analysts to ratchet back estimates for global supplies. The rally forced many investors to scramble to close out bearish bets, which amplified the …

Glencore PLC Chief Executive Ivan Glasenberg’s rescue plan for his company could hinge on the fortunes of a single metal: copper. The company’s decision to close two unprofitable African copper mines would take 400,000 tons of copper production out of the market over the next 18 months, and helped send prices for the industrial metal …

IT is an ambush for Mopani Copper Mines, the strongest allies of the PF government, to suspend  mining operations in Zambia for at least 18 months, says mines deputy minister Richard Musukwa. Swiss commodity trader and miner Glencore AG has announced that it is immediately suspending mining in Zambia and …

Cathode output at Glencore’s African copper businesses is set to be cut by 400,000 tonnes as a result of operational reviews at Katanga Mining and Mopani Copper Mines, the Switzerland-based miner and trader said on Monday September 7. “This will include the suspension of production at Katanga and Mopani for …

LUSAKA – Zambia’s president will not allow the copper-exporting country’s currency to collapse and may intervene to regulate markets, a government spokesperson said on Monday, as the kwacha fell to new record lows against the dollar. “The president cannot allow the national currency to collapse because of a false belief …