High-risk tasks that have always required a human hand are closer than ever to automation thanks to AI bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Businessweek

For several months, Codelco and Chile's government has been talking about 2024 as an inflection point for production after a years-long slump. But output has kept falling. Now Chairman Maximo Pacheco has set a date for the long awaited recovery to begin -- ``next quarter.''

More than half the world’s copper mines will be in areas exposed to drought risk that’s deemed significant, high or extreme, according to a report bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Green

Top copper producer Codelco saw a decline in quarterly output due to lower quality ore at its aging Chilean mines bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

BHP aims to become a goliath in the copper market with its bid for rival miner Anglo American. My colleague Chris Hughes argues that it would need to sweeten its offer if it wants to prevail | @Opinion

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Codelco, the Chilean state miner battling to retain the title of world No. 1 copper supplier, is set to suffer a dip in output amid a slow resumption of operations after a fatal accident at one of its mines. Jack Farchy
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Copper traders and executives are debating whether this is the beginning of a long-awaited bull market. Not everyone is convinced, write Jack Farchy and James Attwood bloomberg.com/news/newslette… via Bloomberg Markets

The time from first mineral discovery to first metal has lengthened by four years on average, to 14. The oil industry is going in the other direction, with modern fields such as those off the coast of Guyana taking only five years to come online. bloomberg.com/news/features/… via Businessweek

Codelco is exploring more partnerships with the private sector as Chile’s state copper behemoth looks to recover from a production slump and surging debt
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Mining companies need copper prices that are higher than $10,000 a ton, says Trafigura Chief Executive Officer Jeremy Weir bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

Traders are expecting metals prices to jump on Sunday night after the LME banned new Russian supplies

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An Eye-Watering Squeeze in Copper Ore Is Firing Up the Bulls

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The copper industry is about to get a new leader as BHP overtakes Codelco in the global producer rankings, according to Bloomberg Intelligence estimates bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

Tras desplome épico, el mercado del litio lucha por salir del hoyo bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

Is lithium doomed to repeat a cycle of booms and busts? bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa took a big gamble when he violated international rules by sending police to storm the Mexican embassy. So far, it’s paying off for him. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics Matthew Bristow Stephan Küffner A. Shiyin Chen

Vitol has made $32 billion combined in the past three years -- that's about $71 million each on average for its 450 trader-shareholders

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A labor dispute at Brazil’s environmental regulator is gumming up Latin America’s largest economy and threatening to undermine Lula’s bid to save the Amazon bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Green

A third of Africa’s gorillas, bonobos and chimpanzees are under threat by mines producing copper, lithium, nickel or cobalt bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Green

Photojournalists are making unprecedented efforts to chronicle the impacts of climate change on people and ecosystems across the globe bloomberg.com/news/features/… via Bloomberg Green