China's state-backed non-ferrous metals industry association is recommending aluminum-style capacity caps for its copper, ...

Lead Concentrate and Other Raw Material Shortage Led to Lower Primary Lead Production in October] SMM, – China’s primary lead production edged down in October, dipping 0.56% MoM but rising 2.66% YoY.

China's state-backed non-ferrous metals industry association has advised setting a capacity cap for some metals, including ...

In October 2025, domestic silver production decreased by approximately 3.55% MoM. Major supply provinces included Henan, Yunnan, Shandong, and Zhejiang.

Under the Biden rules, smelters had to curb pollutants, including lead, arsenic, mercury, benzene and dioxins. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The copper rule, finalized in May 2024, had required smelters to curb pollutants including lead, arsenic, mercury, benzene and dioxins under updated federal air standards.

Caroline Fraser’s new book “Murderland” connects the dots between the rise of lead in the atmosphere from smelting and gasoline and the prevalence of serial killers during the 1970s.

A unit of commodities trading giant Trafigura will receive 135 million Australian dollars, equivalent to $87 million, in fiscal support from federal and state governments in Australia to help keep two ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday reversed a Biden-era air pollution rule that had imposed stricter limits on emissions ...

Capacity utilisation in China's copper smelter sector, by contrast, was 84% in September, according to SMM. Moreover, that headline figure masks a very divergent performance within the sector. SMM ...