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World's oldest copper mine hits production milestone

Andrew Topf | April 05, 2012 | 8:55 pm Base Metals Europe Copper 

Cyprus Mail reports the world's oldest producing copper mine has passed 50,000 tonnes of the red metal. The mine at Skouriotissa, owned by Cypriot company Hellenic Copper Mines, has been worked since the Bronze Age: "Copper was used for the...

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