Supply disruptions could boost copper prices -Chile’s Cochilco
Cochilco, Chile's state copper commission, raised its estimated 2018 avg price for the metal to $3.06 per pound from its previous forecast of $2.95.
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Canadian companies want to extract nickel, vanadium, cobalt from petcoke
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Eldorado Gold reports in-line 2017 gold production
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Barrick just makes 2017 production guidance
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Copper falls most in six weeks as metals rally starts to give
Copper dropped 2.2 percent to $7,054.50 at 3:21 p.m. on the London Metal Exchange Tuesday. A close at that price would mark the biggest drop since Dec. 5.
Rio’s Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia hit with $155 million tax bill
Rio Tinto-controlled Turquoise Hill said the bill relates to an audit on taxes imposed and paid by the mine operator between 2013 and 2015.