Bull market for base metals likely to remain intact – Rosenberg

For every penny copper prices drop, Codelco loses $36 million and Chile, the world's largest producing country, $50 million.

Class action claims that Barrick repeatedly and knowingly misled shareholders about whether Pascua-Lama complied with environmental regulations.

About $2.5 billion of the total write-down was on its stake in Chilean copper mining and smelting company Anglo American Sur.

After rebound in sentiment, mining and metals sector increasingly vulnerable to outside shocks says new report.

The U.S. trade deficit with China reached record proportions in 2015.

About $1 billion of the total write-down was due to copper projects in Chile and revisions to the long-term price outlook.

New report predicts mining's majors will increasingly move away from diversification strategies to concentrate on competitiveness in certain core sectors.

For the first time in years, the mood at the recent Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention in Toronto was buoyant.

If these mines were to fail, the Unuk, Stikine, and Nass watersheds would be polluted by mine waste, jeopardizing the billion dollar fishing industry that Alaska and Canadians alike rely on for their livelihood.