Copper’s art of the deal
The seeds of Tuesday's 4.6 percent copper slump -- the sharpest in almost three years -- were planted in a scarcely noted non-event earlier this month.
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Vale sees 2018 iron ore prices not much lower than this year
Fabio Schvartsman also said the company would do everything to resume operations as soon as possible at the Samarco mine.
Vale expects to sell up to $1.5 bln in non-core assets through 2020
The Brazilian miner revealed these expectations in a presentation to investors in New York on Wednesday.
LME to deal clearing blow to new metals platform NFEx
The London Metal Exchange unlikely to provide clearing services for proposed new trading platform NFEx, a significant obstacle to the new exchange.
This new model tracks copper use from cradle to grave…to reincarnation
Research also charts rapid growth of China’s copper use.
Newmont raises output target for 2018, lowers expected costs
The world’s No.2 gold miner is also planning to boost dividend by at least 50% next year, based on balance sheet improvements and the performance of its gold mines.
Data workers prove a rare resource for Barrick, fellow miners
The world's biggest gold miner is staking new ground in a dogged push to overhaul its operations, seeking scarce artificial intelligence experts to oversee projects using technology for everything from exploration to robot-run mining.
De Beers reshuffles executive committee
Chief executive Bruce Cleaver said the changes were necessary to sustain De Beers' success as a business.
Copper price plunges
Down 4.7% in worst one-day performance since July 2015.