Copper price rises as dollar retreats

US law firm Bernstein Liebhard said the suit would deal with "misleading statements" made by the precious metals producer, which has had 21 fatalities on its operations so far in 2018.

It depends on how you measure it.

OZ Minerals has announced that it has a relevant interest in Avanco of more than 90%, which means the company will now “compulsorily acquire” all of the remaining shares and acquire the fellow copper producer entirely.

Disruption to copper's supply chain has taken place at the refined metal segment of the chain, distorting trade flows but not directly removing units from the supply-demand balance.

The miner, which has set an exploration objective of adding one million gold equivalent ounces to Cerro Moro's mineral inventory, has hiked its exploration budget for 2018 to $11.2 million from $9 million.

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Workers are threatening to walk off the job soon to protest plans to transform the century-old open pit into an underground mine.

Strong demand growth will be largely focused on high-grade lithium, according to research firm Roskill.

Barrick, which has been negotiating on Acacia’s behalf for over a year, had said it would deliver a deal for Acacia’s board to vote on by the end of June, but now says talks are ongoing and it has backed away from setting a new deadline.