Slump in copper smelter fees hits Japan’s historic Onahama

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Owner Mitsubishi Materials considers scaling back smelting

Casting molten copper into a furnace

Casting molten copper into a furnace | Credits: Shutterstock.

The slump in copper processing fees has prompted Mitsubishi Materials to consider scaling down operations at the historic Onahama Smelting and Refining plant in eastern Japan. “The external environment…

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