[SMM Flash News] Vedanta released its Q1 2025 report, which showed that the company's zinc concentrates metal production in the quarter was 360,000 mt, up 8% YoY. Among them, Vedanta Zinc International's zinc ore production in Q1 was 50,000 mt, up 52% YoY, primarily due to the improvement in zinc grade and recovery rate at Gamsberg. Zinc India's zinc ore production in Q1 was 310,000 mt, up 4% YoY.

【SMM Flash News】Vedanta released its Q1 2025 report, which showed that the company's zinc concentrates metal production in the quarter was 360,000 mt, up 8% YoY. Among them, Vedanta Zinc International's zinc ore production in Q1 was 50,000 mt, up 52% YoY, mainly due to the improvement in zinc grade and recovery rate at Gamsberg. Zinc India's zinc ore production in Q1 was 310,000 mt, up 4% YoY.

After returning from the Chinese New Year holiday, Q4 reports from listed miners outside China have been released one after another recently. 2025 was a period of concentrated release of new capacity at mines outside China. What was the specific situation? What are the expectations for 2026? Let us analyze it by enterprise.

Sources revealed that Panama and First Quantum were about to reach an agreement on the Cobre Copper Mine.

As of Friday February 17, the SMM Imported Copper Concentrate Index (weekly) stood at $78.23/mt, $1.15/mt lower than February 10.

As of Friday March 10, the SMM Imported Copper Concentrate Index (weekly) stood at $76.29/mt, $1.35/mt lower than March 3. During the week, the spot transaction of copper concentrate was quite active. There were many spot transactions of clean ore between mines and smelters.