BASE METALS

Vale Base Metals has billion-dollar copper plan

Miner wants to double copper production to 700,000tpa by 2035

Mark Cutifani at the 2019 Mining Indaba conference.

Mark Cutifani at the 2019 Mining Indaba conference. | Credits: Mining Indaba

Vale Base Metals (VBM) is contemplating a multi-billion-dollar investment plan to boost the production of its copper business, chair Mark Cutifani told Mining Journal at the company's London offices. ...

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