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The incredible shrinking merger: Glenstrata already worth $35 billion less

Knight Vinke is looking for a ratio of 3.25:1 similar to the demands of Qatar which last week pushed the $60 billion deal to the verge of collapse.

Frik Els | July 3, 2012 | 7:37 pm

Copper projections showing strengthening demand

Now that China’s leaders have tamed inflation fears, they can focus once again on the country’s still immense needs for infrastructure, including ports and shipping facilities.

Roger Conrad - Investing Daily | July 3, 2012 | 5:18 pm

Chile’s Codelco to invest $400 million in molybdenum plant

Chile-owned copper giant Codelco plans to invest $400 million in a molybdenum processing plant and to maximize its market value amid a legal dispute with global miner Anglo American.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 3, 2012 | 4:52 pm

World’s No. 3 copper mine Collahuasi to reduce costs with solar power

Chile’s Doña Inés de Collahuasi mining company announced Solarpack has won the contract to build a 25 MW solar energy park, which will supply nearly 13% of the mine's power needs during the day.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 3, 2012 | 2:20 pm

Unmasking the Asian giant

Chinese operas have been keeping audiences enthralled for hundreds of years with mythical characters, enchanting stories and elaborate masks that add drama and mystery. While this fantastical treatment is appreciated in the theatre, it isn’t in g...

Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | July 2, 2012 | 6:30 pm

Copper market expects squeeze, big holding appears

Traders are bracing for a replay of the April squeeze that made copper expensive to obtain quickly, saying major trader Glencore controls almost half the inventories of the commodity held in London Metal Exchange-registered warehouses worldwide.

sharenet | July 2, 2012 | 4:33 pm

Stillwater Mining Company announces submission of environmental impact statement for Marathon Platinum Group Metals-copper project

The Marathon Project, located near Lake Superior in Ontario, has anticipated annual production of about 200,000 ounces of palladium and platinum and 37 million pounds of copper.

Marketwire - Mining and Metals | July 2, 2012 | 8:15 am

Australia’s carbon emission tax kicks in

After years of political wrangling, the Minerals Resource Rent Tax or MRRT takes affect as the country's largest polluters will now pay A$23 for every tonne of greenhouse gas they produce.

Michael Allan McCrae | July 1, 2012 | 4:26 pm

Ignore the market jump, a reckoning is coming: Jim Rogers

Jim Rogers poured cold water on Friday's stock rally after European leaders agreed to backstop more debt-stricken banks. The S&P 500 jumped 2.49% on Friday, and spot gold was up $30 to close at $1,599.10/oz.

Michael Allan McCrae | June 30, 2012 | 5:36 pm

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