Copper price surges to 2-year high
Chinese data, tight supply light fire under copper price launching copper mining stocks higher – Freeport up 15%.
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UK Serious Fraud Office launches probe into Rio Tinto over Simandou
"Suspected corruption in the conduct of business in the Republic of Guinea by the Rio Tinto group, its employees and others associated with it."
Mosaic joins chorus calling BHP’s Jansen potash mine plan unwise
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Rio Tinto, Serbia in outline deal to move giant lithium project forward
Major miner Rio Tinto and the Serbian government on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding to speed up development of Rio's giant deposit of jadarite, a mineral unique to Serbia that contains lithium.
