Copper price rally is catching the eye of politicians

Help from Latin America and Southeast Asia.

There is little likelihood that Brazil's Samarco iron ore mine, a joint venture between Vale SA and BHP Billiton, will restart operations next year even though it expects to have all of the required licenses.

Chile's gross domestic product grew 5.3 percent in the second-quarter of 2018 which is its biggest jump in nearly six years.

Ivan Arriagada, chief executive of Antofagasta, said he expected copper prices to be affected by global uncertainty.

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Main mine union accepted an adjusted contractual offer, which marks the end of the negotiation process and removes the threat of a strike.

Minera Alamos files PEA for its La Fortuna gold project with after-tax IRR of 93%.

HEPS for continuing operations remained unchanged at $0.08 per share for the six months ended June 30, 2018 compared with the same period last year.

After a near 5% drop on Wednesday, news that a strike had been averted at the world's largest copper mine put a cap on hopes of a recovery for the bellwether metal.