Copper

Zambia's Konkola Copper Mines Plc (KCM) will shut down its Nchanga smelter for 45 days between July and August to upgrade infrastructure, the company said in a statement. KCM will spend $27.63 million on the process, which will include a…

Copper futures advanced toward $4.7 per pound, not far from a record-high of $4.9 per pound hit on May 10th, after a strike by a union of remote operations workers at BHP’s Escondida and Spence copper mines in Chile began on May 27th.…

Iron ore futures surged more than 10% and copper jumped to a record amid growing bets they’ll be among the biggest winners from a commodities boom that’s stoking concerns about inflation around the world. While market participants…