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Peak copper

Depending on how you look at it, the copper business will either be a great place or a scary place to be in the coming years.

Tommy Humphreys | April 8, 2014 | 10:45 am

Matchmaking miners and China’s $7 trillion in savings

Only last year Chinese overseas investment totalled $61.6 billion by the end of September.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 7, 2014 | 6:20 pm

Rio Tinto walks away from massive Pebble copper-gold project

Rio becomes the second large diversified miner, after Anglo American, to back out of the project in less than seven months.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 7, 2014 | 4:00 pm

Four areas revved up for a resource boom

A diversified selection of commodity stocks is key.

Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | April 6, 2014 | 1:07 am

Chile mulls new investment incentives for miners

Amid mounting criticism on the a proposed reform to the country’s foreign-investment law that removes a mining-friendly clause.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 4, 2014 | 4:17 pm

Taseko announces record quarterly copper and molybdenum shipments

In the first quarter 2014, total production was 34.5 million pounds of copper and 566 thousand pounds of molybdenum, a 49% and 59% increase, respectively, since the first quarter 2013.

CNW Group | April 4, 2014 | 4:13 pm

Zambia miners can’t afford 29% power price hike — chamber

Mining companies in Zambia use about 68% of the country’s electricity, while less than a quarter of the population has access to it.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 4, 2014 | 2:37 pm

Global electric car company could source cobalt from new Langham, Saskatchewan facility

Car maker Tesla prefers suppliers in North America for its $5 billion lithium-ion battery "gigafactory" in the southwest US which could provide a boost for Fortune Minerals proposed refinery near Saskatoon .

Fortune Minerals Limited | April 4, 2014 | 12:56 pm

Chile’s mining area hit by 7.8 magnitude aftershock, President evacuated

The aftershock was the strongest of several that have followed Tuesday's massive 8.2-magnitude. Mining operations remain unaffected.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 3, 2014 | 9:00 am

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Peak copper

Matchmaking miners and China’s $7 trillion in savings

Rio Tinto walks away from massive Pebble copper-gold project

Four areas revved up for a resource boom

Chile mulls new investment incentives for miners

Taseko announces record quarterly copper and molybdenum shipments

Zambia miners can’t afford 29% power price hike — chamber

Global electric car company could source cobalt from new Langham, Saskatchewan facility

Chile’s mining area hit by 7.8 magnitude aftershock, President evacuated

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