Some copper and zinc smelters have been forced to cut their output because they have run out of space to store hazardous sulphuric acid in the face of poor demand for the by-product and more may have ...

SHANGHAI/BEIJING Feb 12 (Reuters) - When Ukrainian drone strikes hit Russia's Astrakhan gas processing plant last September, copper smelters in China were handed a windfall. Astrakhan was a major ...

The Kazakh national atomic company said it expects to see a "modest" growth in 2024 production despite adjustments to its previously announced production plans related to the availability of sulphuric ...

Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) founder and co-chairman Robert Friedland is warning that a prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz would have a “profound” effect on global supply chains, hobbling copper ...

A move towards more alternative energy sources and away from fossil fuel production is a net positive for the world. But there’s an unanticipated side effect—a possible global sulfuric acid supply ...

China has notified some of its sulphuric acid producers that it will stop exports from May. One large buyer was told about it by its Chinese supplier, according to Bloomberg. The ban covers sulphuric ...

CHINA has indicated it will halt exports of sulphuric acid from May, hitting metals and fertiliser industries already strained by raw material bottlenecks resulting from the Iran war. Some sulphuric ...