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Issued on behalf of Salazar Resources Ltd.Equity-Insider.com News CommentaryVANCOUVER, BC, May 8, 2026 /CNW/ -- Global copper smelters are now paying mines for the privilege of buying their concentrate, with spot treatment charges collapsing to negative $70 per tonne by late March[1]. That is not a typo. The feed that keeps refineries running is so scarce that the traditional pricing relationship has flipped on its head, and executives at the Financial Times Commodities Global Summit confirmed in April that declining ore grades, ballooning capital costs, and permitting timelines stretching beyond a decade are choking off new supply precisely when electrification needs it most[2]. This struct

Issued on behalf of Salazar Resources Ltd. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Equity-Insider.com News Commentary — The International Energy Agency confirmed in March that copper prices have blown past $13,000 per metric ton[1]. That alone would be notable, but the real story is what happened on the supply side: smelter processing fees fell to zero, meaning refiners are now working for free just to keep the lights on. ING Group puts the 2026 refined copper deficit at 600,000 tons, the widest gap in two decades, as mine disruptions and tariff-driven stockpiling continue to drain inventories outside the United States[2]. In that environment, capital is rotating t