A senior Iranian official says the country is set to improve its global ranking in the copper production industry to the world's 7th in the current Iranian year (started March 20).
HudBay Minerals Inc. ("Hudbay") (TSX:HBM)(NYSE:HBM) today announced that due to market conditions it is discontinuing the planned offering of US$400 million senior unsecured notes due 2020, which it had previously announced on May 14, 2012.
Rick Rule's presentation at the New York Hard Assets Conference earlier this week sees some light for the informed junior resource investor despite current patterns which have mostly been Bad or Ugly!
Mongolia is capping foreign investment in certain industries, including mining, in an attempt to keep profits inside the mineral-rich nation's borders.