One community in southern Peru says it won’t disrupt Las Bambas operations

Disappointing earnings were driven mainly by its construction division.

Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange was up 0.4% at $5,991 a tonne by 0954 GMT.

Freeport reported a second-quarter net loss of $72 million, or 5 cents per share, after earning a net profit of $869 million, or 59 cents per share, a year earlier.

Improved ore grades at its Centinela mine also boosted second quarter production.

Atacama Copper Exploration acquired the San Valentino, T4 and Las Animas copper projects.

The new rules are being put into place after years of sharp spikes and declines in the LME inventory levels attracted criticism that the data was unreliable.

The Planalto Project comprises three exploration licenses, totalling 4,726 hectares.

Mines Minister Richard Musukwa said foreign judgments are not enforceable in Zambia until they are registered in local courts.

Zambia's Mines Minister Richard Musukwa said the government had advised its attorneys in South Africa to appeal the judgment.