Codelco's Chuquicamata copper smelter restart faces further delays

March 06, 2019 / www.metalbulletin.com / Article Link

Codelco faces further delays in bringing back refined copper smelting at its Chuquicamata plant, which is now expected to resume operations in mid-April, company sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday March 5.

Chuquicamata, which has the capacity to smelt 320,000 tonnes of refined copper per year, has been out of the market since mid-December as Codelco upgrades...

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