One of the world’s biggest copper companies has good and bad news for buyers hit with the highest prices in almost a decade.

Freeport-McMoRan is set to approve expansions at several of its US copper mines to capitalise on surging demand for the red metal as President Joe Biden moves to electrify the nation's automobiles and combat climate change, CEO Richard Adkerson told Reuters.

Indonesia is "ready to fight" the European Union's challenge of the Southeast Asian country's ban on nickel ore exports at the World Trade Organisation, arguing the bloc's actions may hinder Indonesia's development plans, the Trade Minister said.

North China's Inner Mongolia considers to end all cryptocurrency mining projects and stop reviewing new projects in energy-consuming industries, in an attempt to meet energy efficiency targets.

EU considers abolishing counter tariffs on steel

Anglo American 2020 Profit Hurt by Coronavirus-Related Disruptions

Turkish steel industry needs to take measures to reduce imports

European steel demand is expected to exceed production growth