Benjamin Wein

Sulfuric acid output provided an additional margin stream for Kamoa-Kakula’s recently commissioned on-site smelter at a time when global supply of the chemical has been tightening amid disruption to seaborne sulfur flows from the Middle East. The first sales of sulfuric acid from the Kamoa-Kakula smelter took place in early 2026 to nearby mining operations in the DRC Copperbelt, according to a company press release.

The 2026 copper negotiations will be the “toughest year yet” and US tariff policy poses the greatest threat to copper markets, according to panelists speaking at the Fastmarkets’ copper webinar on November 19. The discussion featured panelists Scott Crooks, principal analyst at CODELCO, Mehdi Lemsagued, vice president of commercial and marketing at Managem Group, and Andrew Cole, principal analyst at Fastmarkets. It was moderated by Julienne Raboca, senior price reporter at Fastmarkets.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - As part of the Rio Times' election coverage, Benjamin Wein is traveling through the nine states of the Northeast region to ask why the region historically favors the leftist Workers Party PT and to find out more about voters' feelings for conservative President Bolsonaro Piauí is the only state in the Northeast region with a non-coastal capital, Teresina.