The global drive towards a low-carbon circular economy and increased focus on ESG are creating many new opportunities for metal recycling projects. But is scrap the answer to the growing demand for ...

Copper smelting - a critical process in metal production - often generates slag, which contains valuable metals. This slag has historically been thrown away, causing harm to the environment and ...

Limited refining capacity for metals such as copper, aluminum, nickel, graphite and rare earths is creating a strategic ...

Global demand that has been draining supply has moved copper’s price to the high end of its trading range. Even during the technology boom of the 1990s, some wondered whether fiber-optics and wireless ...

Rapid growth and investment in the Chinese economy during the past two decades have coincided with insatiable demand for copper in China. This was occurring at the same time copper consumption in many ...

SINGAPORE, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The Chinese copper scrap market is expected to remain tight as the pandemic and global economic downturn worsen an already limited supply caused by global trade ...