Teck resumes operations at Antamina.

Arsenic in concentrates.

Petroleum, met coal, iron ore production set new quarterly records. Fall in copper volumes not enough to dent 9% overall output growth.

The all-powerful U.S. dollar is currently hammering base metals and base metal equities. Haywood Securities Mining Analyst Stefan Ioannou says that increasing demand and near-term supply shortages make base metals a bargain that won't last.

Vancouver-based junior jumps 7% after assays from prospect on 3,600km² coastal property returns strong copper-nickel-cobalt and platinum group results.

Tough regulations and worries about reputation have made trading commodities a source of worries for bank bosses.

The giant copper miner is also planning to sell about $8 billion of bonds over the next five years to help finance a nearly $30bn investment program aimed to revamp its aging mines.

The firm is developing a trio of staggeringly huge copper deposits on the Chilean-Argentine border that contain a total of over 28 billion pounds of copper and 19 million ounces of gold resources (only two of the deposits have resource estimates on them).

Chinese economy expected to grow at slowest pace since 2009 just as flood of new supply enters the market.

The country is fine-tuning details of a new mining law that will make it easier for foreigners to tap the nation’s riches.