The Glencore-Merafe JV has already closed 10 of its 22 furnaces ... “Earnings slumped by 62% to R667m, after the full impairment of the Boshoek smelter of R575m,” said Merafe in notes to its published ...

Glencore has demanded a government handout for its struggling Mt Isa copper smelter and Townsville copper refinery, making it the latest global company seeking a bailout following a rescue of the ...

Glencore Plc has suspended shipments from a copper smelter in Chile after an issue affecting the plant’s furnace, a setback that comes just as traders and producers race to ship more metal to ...

Japie Fullard, Glencore alloys’ head ... After concluding that the Boshoek smelter be fully impaired, Merafe took an ...

London-listed miner Glencore has declared force majeure on copper shipments from its Chilean Altonorte smelter, where ...

Glencore bosses say they are had weighing up the feasibility of keeping the Mt Isa Mines smelter open and its Townsville copper refinery, directly impacting up to 600 jobs. Mount Isa Mines has ...

Swiss-based Glencore said the smelter and refinery were under immense pressure due to an unprecedented decline in the global smelting market. Glencore chief operating officer for zinc and copper ...