Codelco profits surge but 2012 output likely to dip

Last week, consulting firm Russell Reynolds delivered a list of 15 potential successors for Eduardo Bartolomeo.

The world’s single biggest buyer of copper, State Grid Corp. of China, has slowed its purchases of copper wire this year.

If developed, the $2.4 billion Jadar lithium project in Western Serbia could cover 90% of Europe's current lithium needs.

The planned Grand Inga hydropower complex in the DRC has been stalled for decades.