WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The Board of Administrators of the Global Copper Affiliation (ICA) elected Steven Rowland, Glencore as its Chair of the Board.

Rowland replaces Shehzad Bharmal, Govt Vice President and Working Officer, Teck Assets, who served as ICA Chairman for the utmost two years.

Glencore is a long-standing, energetic member of ICA, becoming a member of the affiliation in 2013. ICA is embarking on a unused strategic plan as the resonance of copper to advertise its worth and programs to the behalf of ICA’s participants. Via growing and enforcing a complete sustainability product positioning technique—overlaying facets like carbon footprint, accountable manufacturing and circularity—ICA’s unique marketplace knowledge and clinical analysis give protection to copper markets and barricade and maintain its call for to safeguard copper left-overs the fabric of selection for a sustainable hour.

Glencore, one of the vital international’s prominent manufacturers of copper, works throughout each and every a part of the copper lifecycle, from mining, smelting and refining to recycling copper scrap. As a part of their goal to responsibly supply the commodities that go on a regular basis week via supplying the copper had to manufacture, maintain and support the sector, Glencore is enforcing measures to reach its ambition of internet 0 commercial emissions via 2050. In alignment with ICA’s strategic objectives, Glencore will proceed to paintings carefully with ICA to go fashionable and accountable manufacturing practices, and ICA welcomes Stephen Rowland’s management of the Board in pursuit of the organizations’ shared ambitions.

“Copper is one of the critical building blocks of our future. We need to ensure that we are providing this essential metal to the world in a way that is sustainable and responsible so that we can enable a more circular economy and the clean energy transition. As the voice of copper, ICA is a critical organization for our industry, supporting members’ goals for modern production to make an impact in a way no company could achieve on its own. I look forward to helping to lead ICA for the next two years” Stephen Rowland, Glencore.

ICA’s President and CEO, Juan Ignacio Diaz, mentioned, “I am grateful to Steve Rowland for taking on this important leadership position, and I look forward to working closely with him as we embark on implementing a new strategic plan. ICA is proud to empower its members in bringing this critical material to the world to enable the future of human development. We need to produce not only more copper but better copper. From climate change and globalization to digitalization, copper is the solution for the megatrends we face today. The future runs on copper.”

In regards to the Global Copper Affiliation

The Global Copper Affiliation (ICA) is the resonance of copper and works to advertise the copper tale, give protection to its markets and barricade and maintain its call for. We’re a not-for-profit business affiliation representing part the sector’s copper manufacturing, with 32 participants throughout 6 continents. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., we function within the U.S., Europe, Asia and Latin The united states. Be told extra at internationalcopper.org.

For any apply up or questions, please touch Gabrielle Peterson, [email protected] or Francisco de l. a. Cerda [email protected]

SOURCE Global Copper Affiliation

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