The suspension could exacerbate a tightened supply of zinc concentrates.

BC invested $630,000 from the Province’s Innovative Clean Energy Fund in cleantech startup pH7 Technologies to conduct a pilot project.

Smelters including Jiangxi Copper and Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group will meet in Shanghai next Thursday, according to Bloomberg.

Last year, Barrick said it intended to search for additional copper deposits in Zambia and the DRC as part of its efforts to expand its presence in the African copper belt.

A senior Indonesian mining ministry official said the country was working to accelerate the approval process.

The country produced over 99.8 million tonnes of coal in the period on the back of rising power demand.

The company calls this project one of the world’s largest undeveloped copper projects.