MMG suspends shipments from Las Bambas copper mine in Peru

The deal gives Hochschild Mining full control of two precious metals projects in Peru.

Although not official, CEO Gary Goldberg did say last week he was open to new deals and adding more copper production.

Mongolia says will take 34% of Entrée. Vancouver-based explorer shares add 10%.

The long-running dispute over financing and costs relating to expansion of Rio's flagship copper-gold mine could be over by the end of the year.

If any of the two bids is successful, Las Bambas will be China’s largest acquisition of an overseas copper asset.

And only 22% of companies have any sort of succession plan in place.

UK media suggested this weekend that Glencore had quietly built a 10% stake in OZ and was considering a bid.

Codelco could raise premiums by as much as 50% from this year's $98 a tonne:

Despite recent falls,commodity prices are still near their levels of early to mid-2008.