Chinese smelting capacities for aluminum will soon reach the maximum limit set by the government in Beijing. Afterward, new capacities will only be balanced ...

Copper smelters in China can extract gold from copper ore, and either refine it themselves or ship it to third parties, ...

Chinese copper smelters boosted output to a record high last month, as rising prices for by-products including gold and sulphuric acid eased pressure on margins. Smelters in the world’s biggest ...

PALU, Indonesia--A smelting furnace exploded Sunday at a Chinese-owned nickel plant on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 13 workers and injuring dozens of others, police and a ...

Even minerals mined outside of China are often sent to Chinese-owned smelting and processing plants. This near-monopoly grants Beijing significant leverage over global supply chains, heightening ...

It was the latest deadly accident at Chinese-funded nickel smelting plants there. The Indonesian victims were operating dump trucks on Saturday when they were engulfed by sludge-like material that ...