Votorantim Metais issues debt securities to strengthen cash position

Brazil’s Votorantim Metais issued $700 million in debt securities in the international market on Friday April 28, as it seeks to strengthen its cash position.

28 April 2017 Danielle Assalve

Large aluminium companies in Brazil not affected by general strike

Aluminium companies Alcoa, CBA and Hydro had not seen their Brazilian operations affected by the nationwide general strike on Friday April 28.

28 April 2017 Danielle Assalve

WEEK IN REVIEW: Copper inches higher amid equity surge

Correspondent Dalton Barker reviews the week in the non-ferrous metals markets.

28 April 2017 Dalton Barker

Supervisors at Codelco's Salvador copper mine could go on strike

The supervisors union at Codelco’s small Salvador copper mine in Chile have voted to go on strike after a majority rejected the company’s latest contract offer.

28 April 2017 Danielle Assalve

Copper concentrate TC/RCs firm as Grasberg returns to market

Copper concentrate treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) have edged higher after a temporary resolution at Freeport-McMoRan’s Grasberg mine eased some of the short-term market tightness.

28 April 2017 Kiki Kang, Archie Hunter

LIVE FUTURES REPORT 28/04: LME base metals end April on a high but small decline for Al

Base metal prices on the London Metal Exchange were largely up at the kerb of trading today, Friday April 28, with aluminium the only metal to see a decline in price.

28 April 2017 Alice Mason

PEOPLE MOVES: Codelco appoints new gm for Chuquicamata division; Parada will take up corporate role

Codelco has appointed Mauricio Barraza as gm of its large Chuquicamata division in northern Chile, the state-run miner said on Friday April 28.

28 April 2017 Danielle Assalve

Workers threaten month-long strike at Freeport's Grasberg - union

Workers at Freeport McMoRan’s Grasberg mine in Indonesia will strike for a month from May 1 if government mediation fails to secure a resolution, a union representative told Metal Bulletin.

28 April 2017 Archie Hunter

NON-FERROUS WEEK IN BRIEF: MB INTL Nickel Conference; Lord Bagri dies; Simon Heale retires; MMTA Conference; Cobalt 27 Corp; ASA Metals acquisition

Here’s a round-up of some of the key metal markets news and price moves covered by Metal Bulletin journalists over the past week.

28 April 2017 Ewa Manthey

Nornickel to sue Botswana’s government for more than $277 million

Norilsk Nickel will start legal proceedings against the Government of Botswana for its involvement in the “reckless trading” of BCL Ltd and BCL Investments Proprietary Ltd, it said in a statement today.

28 April 2017 Alice Mason