March 23, 2012 Arizona’s copper mining challenges There is no doubt that copper mining is a big business in Arizona, supporting over 62,000 jobs and contributing about $7.5 billion to the state’s GDP. But for Arizona to…
March 23, 2012 Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange to launch yuan-settled futures by July According to the exchange's president, HKMEx will launch yuan-settled gold and copper futures contracts by July to tap into the growing Chinese investor demand for commodities
March 23, 2012 Romania to sell biggest copper mine in auction According to the country's foreign ministry it has received 4 bids, all from foreign miners, including OZ Minerals and Dundee Holdings, for the copper mine
March 23, 2012 Codelco profits surge but 2012 output likely to dip The world's top copper producer said Friday that pre-tax profits for the full year 2011 jumped 21% to $7.03bn.
March 23, 2012 Open outcry: Four bidders line up for Romania’s state copper mine auction Romania received four bids for its biggest copper mine, Cupru Min Abrud, and will sell the company in an auction on March 26, the economy ministry said on Friday.
March 23, 2012 Chile’s mining industry hunts for renewable energy As oil prices continue to rise, and nations around the world look for ways to weather an energy crisis, Chile is turning to one of its own best renewable resources…
March 22, 2012 Glencore-Xstrata merger won’t happen this year EU regulators are stepping up scrutiny of the mooted $90 billion merger of the commodities trader and coal giant and the whole vetting process could take until early 2013. That…
March 22, 2012 Australian explorer hunts for copper in Andes The Herald Sun has an interesting feature piece on Chinalco Yunnan Copper Resources, an Australian company with Chinese backing that is partnering with Rio Tinto on three early-stage exploration projects…
March 22, 2012 Investors give miners another kicking after China manufacturing shrinks None of mining's top companies escaped the carnage on Thursday after a survey of manufacturing in China showed activity slowed for a fifth straight month.
March 22, 2012 Metals Economics Group pipeline activity index, March 2012 Metals Economics Group (MEG) Pipeline Activity Index (PAI) slid for the third consecutive month in January to its lowest level since mid-2010, before showing some encouraging signs of recovery in…
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