1. Glencore Threatens to Shut Canada's Sole Copper Smelter, Forcing Government Rescue Talks
Glencore Plc is pushing Canada and Quebec to the brink, threatening to permanently close the nation's only copper smelter. The multinational commodities giant has signaled its intent to shutter the Horne Smelter in Quebec, a critical industrial asset, citing newly imposed pollution-control requirements as the breaking ...