September 4, 2011
Increased bonded warehousing space in China, the largest consumer of copper and aluminum, may facilitate larger trade volumes as importers benefit from lower costs. Increased bonded warehousing space in China,…
September 4, 2011
Union workers at Peruvian copper producer Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde said late Friday that they plan to hold a two-day strike starting Sept. 7 to seek a salary increase.
September 4, 2011
Sandfire Resources managing director Karl Simich says the company's looming $360 million finance facility is still on track for completion soon, despite turmoil in global markets.
September 3, 2011
Canada led the world in the number of mining mergers and acquisitions (M&A) for the first half of the year, says Ernst & Young. And while the number of deals…
September 3, 2011
Commodity markets were hit this week by shock news that the United States created no jobs in August, sparking speculation that the world's biggest economy could be heading for a…
September 2, 2011
Roughly two-thirds of global nickel production goes to make stainless steel, and China produces and consumes the majority.
September 2, 2011
Reuters reports that force majeure was lifted at Escondida on Friday at Escondida, the world's largest copper mine. The Chilean mine, whose majority owner is BHP Billiton, was under force…
September 2, 2011
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Billionaire businessman Mikhail Prokhorov is not satisfied with being one of Russia's richest people and its most eligible bachelor. He also wants to be its prime minister.…
September 2, 2011
The copper unit of Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata PLC (XTA.LN) Friday announced a 10% increase in the copper resource base of its Papua New Guinea Frieda River copper-gold project and said…
September 2, 2011
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- HSBC has cut its 2011 platinum and palladium price forecasts but upped its outlook for the period from 2012 to 2018, citing expectations that the market will…
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