China’s booming copper imports an echo of the last crisis
Every copper trader knows Beijing's stockpiling was a big part of the copper price rally from 2009 lows below $3,000/tonne to over $10,000 two years later.
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Company has enlarged the security area around the Doutor dam at the Timbopeba mine in the Mariana Complex.
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Webinar: The San Jose mine rescue 10 years later
Free seminar recounts the rescue August 26.
SilverCrest updates drilling at Las Chispas
The company re-started exploration in May, after a temporary suspension in response to covid-19.
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Huayou temporarily suspends cobalt purchases from two Congo mines
Under pressure from human rights groups, China's biggest cobalt refiner has decided to temporarily stop sourcing from artisanal mines.
