July 27, 2016 Antofagasta lowers full-year copper output target, says surplus shows little sign of easing The Chilean copper miner said full-year production would be at the lower end of the 710,000 to 740,000 tonnes it predicted in January.
July 26, 2016 Copper production growing by 1m tonnes a year ICSG study forecasts global copper output growing at a robust average annual rate of 4% to reach 26.5 million tonnes a year in 2019.
July 26, 2016 Freeport sees way forward without asset sales Investors shrug news of $1.5 billion share issue to welcome halt of copper disposals after $4 billion assets sold just this year.
July 26, 2016 Barrick in talks with South African miners to sell stake in Acacia — report The potential sale of its its 64% interest in Acacia would be part of Barrick's broader strategy of selling non-core assets to reduce debt.
July 26, 2016 Caterpillar further cuts profit, sales forecast CAT said commodity prices remain on the low end and had yet to translate into increased mining activity or higher demand for equipment.
July 25, 2016 China snaps up $4.5bn worth of overseas mining assets in just six months Most of them have been after existing operations and companies, rather than trying to build mines from scratch.
July 24, 2016 Copper price pulls back on rising USD North American stock markets continued to climb on Friday, while the dollar ascended a four-month high, causing downward pressure on precious and base metals prices.
July 22, 2016 Fresh wave of Chinese firms to go after Congo’s riches — report Faced with declining domestic production, China's top copper company — Minmetals — said earlier this year that the "only solution” was going overseas, and many are following its steps.
July 21, 2016 Vale iron ore output falls in second quarter but still beats estimates It produced 86.82 million tonnes of iron ore in the April-to-June period, down 2.8% from a year earlier.
July 20, 2016 Metals and mining rally has staying power Industrial metals are now all trading above their 100-day moving averages and most are no longer in backwardation.
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