Codelco ends long-term mined copper deals to China clients from 2025 -sources

By Julian Luk LONDON (Reuters) -Chile’s Codelco is ending long-term contracts to sell copper concentrate to Chinese clients from 2025, bidding to broaden its product offering to them after evaluating its production outlook, five sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. The sources said Codelco is aiming to replace exclusively copper concentrate deals with…

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Analysis-Upheavals in Xi’s world spread concern about China’s diplomacy

By Greg Torode and Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) – The disappearance of China’s defence minister, the latest in a string of upheavals in the country’s top ranks, is stoking uncertainty about President Xi Jinping’s rule as an internal security clampdown trumps international engagement. The growing unpredictability could affect the confidence other countries place in…

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