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Canada’s Imperial Metals halts production, lays off 100 due to low copper prices

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 06, 2016 | 10:45 am Base Metals Careers Precious Metals Canada Europe Copper Gold 

[caption id="attachment_841868" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Image courtesy of Imperial Metals.[/caption] Canada’s Imperial Metals (TSX:III) became Wednesday the latest copper producer to announce tough measures aimed to weather the effects of low metal prices by suspending operations at its Huckleberry copper mine...

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