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Copper and oil look good in 2012: Scotiabank

A major Canadian bank is predicting better months ahead for copper and oil.

Andrew Topf | December 23, 2011 | 8:14 am

Company proposes to mine Arizona copper deposit using in-situ method

Conventional copper mining involves removing ore from the ground, then crushing and treating it to remove the minerals trapped in the rock.

Andrew Topf | December 22, 2011 | 8:35 pm

Anglo American sues Codelco over breach of contract

Anglo American said Thursday it had filed a writ with Santiago's Court of Appeals, suing the Chilean firm for breach of contract in a dispute over its south Chilean assets.

Mineweb | December 22, 2011 | 8:00 pm

HudBay will spend $71 million to build Reed copper project

HudBay Mineral's (TSE:HBM) Reed copper project in Manitoba got the go ahead from the company's board of directors on Monday.

Michael Allan McCrae | December 22, 2011 | 7:48 pm

Copper-gold project in BC interior has $795 million capex

A feasibility study released Wednesday for the Ajax copper-gold project estimates the capital costs at $795 million.

Andrew Topf | December 21, 2011 | 8:46 pm

South American Silver’s stock is up 17% after announcing four billion pound copper resource

South American Silver (TSE:SAC) stock shot up 17% in morning trading today on the Toronto Stock Exchange to $1.62 a share after the company announced the findings from its NI 43-101-qualified resource estimate of the company's Escalones copper-gold-silver project in central Chile.

Michael Allan McCrae | December 19, 2011 | 4:29 pm

China Development Bank loans millions to Kazakhstan copper company

China Development Bank (CDB), one of the country's three policy banks, has signed two agreements with Kazak copper giant Kazakhmys PLC, granting the mine and refinery operator 1.34 billion U.S. dollars and 1 billion yuan (158 million U.S. dollars) for a new project.

Xinhua | December 18, 2011 | 1:57 am

Gunmen attack helicopter carrying mine workers in Indonesia

Gunmen fired at a helicopter carrying workers for the mining giant Freeport-McMoRan shortly after it took off Saturday from a town near the company’s huge gold and copper mine in eastern Indonesia, a police spokesman, Colonel Wachyono, said.

The New York Times | December 18, 2011 | 1:46 am

Poland has no plans to change mining tax – Minister

Poland's finance ministry says it does not plan to alter its proposed mining tax aimed mainly at state-controlled copper miner KGHM, whose shares are at their lowest since August 2010.

Mineweb | December 15, 2011 | 3:50 pm

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