December 30, 2011

Copper rises as U.S. growth may make up for slowdown in China

December 30, 2011

Copper headed for first annual fall in three years

Prices are down 21% this year following a 30% increase in 2010 on concerns that demand growth for the metal may falter.

December 30, 2011

Hindustan Copper awards contract to 3 Chinese companies to develop copper mines in India

Three Chinese companies are part of consortiums that have bagged Rs 1,800-crore worth of five contracts awarded by state-owned Hindustan Copper to raise its production four-fold to 12 million tonnes…

December 30, 2011

Outotec offers new partial roasting process to purify contaminated copper and gold concentrates

Outotec has developed a two-stage partial roasting process to remove impurities - such as arsenic, antimony and carbon - from copper and gold concentrates as a pre-treatment to actual extraction…

December 30, 2011

Gold Anomaly Limited (ASX:GOA) Crater Mountain Major Multiple Mineralisation Events Associated with Porphyry System

Gold Anomaly Limited (ASX:GOA) report that the results from NEV027 (except base metal results from 500m - 840m) has now been received and analysed, with the highlight being the pervasive…

December 29, 2011

Anglo American and Codelco meet in court

Formerly called “The Disputed One,” Anglo American’s Los Bronces mine located northeast of Santiago, Chile, is living up to its name. The operation, which is expected to become the world's…

December 29, 2011

Chinese company buys $89 million stake in NSW copper mine

A once-abandoned copper mine in New South Wales, Australia is being revitalized through a partnership with a Chinese company.

December 28, 2011

Moly Mines won’t be developing its Spinifex Ridge molybdenum copper project

Due to the high Australian dollar and low molybdenum prices, Moly Mines says the Spinifex Ridge molybdenum/copper project is sub-economic and the company won't be developing it.

December 28, 2011

Zimbabwe considering a ban on raw platinum exports

December 28, 2011

London copper slips, breaking four days of gains

Prices of copper on the LME fell on Wednesday after poor housing data in the US raised concerns that demand for the metal could wane