China Copper Smelters, Chile Miner in Deadlock Over Fee Talks

Chinese copper smelters, faced with the prospect of negative fees for turning ore into metal, are in stalemate with a major Chilean miner in talks to set a crucial benchmark...

By Alfred Cang, Winnie Zhu, Julian Luk, James Attwood · Bloomberg Markets

Chinese copper smelters, faced with the prospect of negative fees for turning ore into metal, are in stalemate with a major Chilean miner in talks to set a crucial benchmark for the industry.