Walmart will pay $70,000 and furnish reliefs to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by US EEOC the federal agency declared on March 7, 2024.

The EEOC charge that Walmart violated ADA when it revoked permission from employee with disability to use store electric carts as reasonable accommodation for disability forcing him to take unpaid leave.

According to EEOC lawsuit after hiring Quinones whoe use a prosthetic leg Walmart accommodated Quinones by permitting him to use one of store electric carts to perform some of his job duties.

Seven months later Walmart told Quinones he was no longer able to use cart claiming that store electric carts were for consumer use only though employees were allowed to use carts to accommodate temporary injuries.

Walmart failed to offer reasonable accommodation that allowed Quinones to continue working Walmart placed him on indefinite unpaid leave.

Walmart agreed to offer Quinones a job at one of its South Carolina locations. 2 year consent decree settling the suit enjoins company from failing to provide reasonable accommodation to individual with disabilities related to walking and standing at store in Aiken.

The decree limited exception enjoin Walmart from eliminating existing reasonable accommodation for individual without identifying alternative that allows employee to remain in position except in circumstances.

Walmart will required to conduct annual training for salaried employee at affected store post an employee notice, submit compliance reports to the EEOC.

Alleged conduct violated the ADA which protect individuals with disabilities from workplace discrimination and requires that employees provide reasonable workplace accommodations.

The EEOC filed suit in US District Court for the District of South Carolina Aike Division after first try to reach pre litigation settlement through its admin council process.

Copper prices inflated on Wednesday to their highest in 7 months after Chinese smelters which process half of world mined copper agreed on joint production reduction.

The rise begin of Shanghai Future Exchange SHFE where copper reached 2 year high of 70,460 yuan per ton.

China mega copper smelter met in Beijing on Wednesday agreeing on cut in loss making production without timing and volumes.

Shortages have led to competition for mined copper concentrates causing a decrease in income for smelters to decade low levels.

High copper prices could dampen demand in consumer China as can be view in inventories.

Copper inventory in warehouse monitored by SHFE climb to 239,245 tonnes at March 8 from 30,905 tonnes in start of year.

Global copper smelters were not working in first 2 months of year than in same period last year because of Chinese inactivity date from satellite surveilance of metal processing plants showed.

LME aluminium down o.3% to $2,258.5 ton nickel eased 1.4% to $18295  tin rose o.3%

Australian miners are looking confusing as China mega copper smelter meet in Beiking this week to discuss a reply to shaken profits.

Most of China copper industry state owned representative of 15 mega smelters have been called to Beijing this week to discuss co ordinated reply including potential production cuts.

Once globally regulated corporation retreat from financially unviable section, close mines and liquidate processing infrastructure. China state owned operation can step back in and captur greater portion of the global market.

Global demand for copper has decrease as consumer reduce their spending in face of high living costs.

An expected rise in global ev sales is yet to climb.

China is consuming more than half of the globe copper consumption.China economy is in dark.

China continues to invest heavily in securing metal and mineral supplies from more friendly nations than Australia.

It is investing $1.5 billion in transforming an old railway network linking Zambia copper belt and Democratic Republic of Congo with Tanzanian Indian Ocean port of Dar es Salaam.

Australia has wold 2nd mega copper reserves showing 10 percent of known deposits. It is listed as only the globe 8th mega producer digging up  810,000 metric tonnes previous year.

Australian had not designated copper as critical mineral. The China, EU, US have.

Market analysts are optimistic about future of bulk copper with some projecting annual earnings growth of 70 per cent over next five years.