Adani’s giant copper smelter caught up in global ore shortage
Indian tycoon Gautam Adani’s $1.2 billion copper smelter in Gujarat is receiving only a fraction of the ore required to operate the 500,000-ton-a-year plant at full capacity, as a global supply squeeze tightens.Kutch Copper Ltd., which began processing metal in June after multiple delays, has brought in less than a 10th of the raw material required, according to customs data. In the 10 months to October, it imported about 147,000 tons of copper concentrate. Competitor Hindalco Industries Ltd. bought a littl ...