Mark Lackey: What happens to a mine deferred?
The shuttering of huge copper and iron ore projects gives the Street the blues, but the resulting squeeze in supply can lead to explosive price hikes.
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109 tonnes – up 25 tonnes from January and 80% more than February last year.
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South Africa platinum strike damage irreversible, losses close to $1bn
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Rio Tinto, Russians to begin work at massive Canadian potash deposit by 2017
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