Planned aluminum smelter will permanently employ 1,000 in rural KY: governor
Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced Monday that Century Aluminum intends to build a smelter in the northeast Appalachian region of the Bluegrass State. Further action is still needed to reach an agreement. Construction of the refinery will then receive $500 million in support from the Department of Energy. “Many steps still need to be […]
Is a Copper Crisis Coming? Prices Hit New Highs on Smelter Cuts | OilPrice.com – OilPrice.com
via metal minor By mid-March, copper prices had reached their highest since April 2023. Prices had previously bottomed out in early February, but strong upward momentum has since broken past all-time highs in a long-term sideways trend. Prices recorded a moderate decline of 1.74% month-on-month throughout February, but in the first two weeks of March […]