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Trump reverses Biden-era rules on copper smelters
October 25, 2025 5:42 am
The copper rule, finalised in May 2024, had required smelters to curb pollutants including lead, arsenic, mercury, benzene and dioxins under updated federal air standards.
Copper cathode imports have fully stabilised; no supply side rigidity: Mines Ministry
June 11, 2025 5:19 am
Copper cathode is used in the production of key downstream products, including “high-performance electrical goods having safety concerns like electrical wires with applications at household level”
Flagging ‘acute shortages’, industry bodies take Centre to court over copper QCO
April 17, 2025 8:13 am
The dip in imports followed delays in foreign suppliers securing quality certification from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), without which their cathode shipments cannot be imported into India.
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Why are India, China, US racing to secure supplies of copper?
March 04, 2025 6:50 am
Demand, led by EV batteries and clean energy technologies, is projected to outstrip supply from mines by 2035. China controls half the world’s copper smelting and refining capacity. Everyone, including India, is looking at copper-rich countries in Africa.
MSMEs: Centre may review import barriers that ‘protect’ big players
January 27, 2025 9:56 pm
From metals and textiles to chemicals and energy, The Indian Express studied multiple cases where import restrictions – tariff and non-tariff – have led to market concentration and increased costs for downstream users across sectors.
Sufficient suppliers by mid-December, no copper shortage expected, says Mines Ministry
December 09, 2024 7:41 am
The Indian Express had reported Friday that downstream users of refined copper had warned the government of a looming supply crunch that could last for over three months
Domestic industry stares at months long copper shortage as quality norms kick in
December 06, 2024 9:57 am
Due to insufficient domestic production, India depends on imports for 30-40 per cent of its refined copper needs, a critical raw material used to manufacture electrical wires and cables. In 2023-24, it imported refined copper worth Rs 16,500 crore from Japan.
Govt to auction 7 seabed mineral blocks near Great Nicobar Island
November 28, 2024 11:08 pm
Blocks hold polymetallic nodules rich in copper, nickel, and cobalt
As copper mining stalls and imports surge, players eye overseas assets
September 10, 2024 7:35 am
Between FY19 & FY24, copper concentrate imports doubled to Rs 26,000 cr
COPPER PHOTOS
In pictures: Srinagar's skilled coppersmiths make post-lockdown recovery amid pandemic
March 10, 2021 10:32 am
The clanking of utensils in Downtown Srinagar is symbolic of the dexterity of a community of coppersmiths that has been crafting products for years now.
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