EMX acquires 18 Chilean royalties from Revelo

And if the Chinese government stops adding to its strategic reserves the price could fall towards $2.50 a pound says new research report.

Drops to June 2009 levels on the way to $70 a tonne after Chinese house prices fall for sixth month in a row.

Disgraced Brazilian tycoon on trial for insider trading has signed development deals with a South Korean pharmaceutical company and a dog cloning scientist.

The world's largest iron ore producer said the new division head will focus on increasing efficiencies.

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Glencore and X2, a company set up by former Xstrata boss Mick Davis, are among the suitors of the Chilean copper assets put up for sale by global miner Anglo American.

Chinese steel mills restart production but ore demand remains modest.

The news come only a day after the project executive director in Chile, Eduardo Flores, told local media that Barrick was hopeful it could find a way forward with the long-delayed mine.

Finishing the project would take time and around $4 billion more of what Barrick has already invested.