"For one, copper supply is probably less ample than the apparent consumption data indicate."

More than five hundred gold panners have received support from an on-the-ground team to attain socially and environmentally responsible mining practices standards.

It is selling its remaining 20.7 million shares in the Vancouver-based gold miner to the other two major investors — Newcrest and the Lundin Family Trust.

The world’s biggest iron ore miners are looking for novel ways of satisfying their customers and protecting market share in the $150 billion global industry.