copper industry news

Miners lead stock market higher

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:55 GMT

THE Australian share market opened higher today, led by the miners, after metals prices including copper and gold advanced overnight. ...

Suing the Smelter: Oklahoma Town Takes on Freeport

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:27 GMT

In 1999, Cyprus Amax was in turn bought by Phelps Dodge, a massive mining company with copper mines throughout the American West. Phelps Dodge has a ...

Copper Futures Rise as Inventories Slumped

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:10 GMT

The current situation rose concerns that miners could disrupt supplies of copper. Codelco is the first producer of the red metal in the world. ...

Further profits to be mined in India, despite the strong rupee

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:07 GMT

While the mining industry's attention has been focused on the seemingly never-ending battle between Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, Vedanta Resources has been ...LON:VED - ASX:BHP - RTP

Chile's Bachelet welcomes Palestinian refugees fleeing violence in ...

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:57 GMT

AP SANTIAGO, Chile: President Michelle Bachelet says Chile wants to become a "second fatherland" for 117 Palestinian refugees who fled violence in Iraq. ...

African Copper Q1 Results - Market Wire

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:40 GMT

The following management discussion and analysis ("MD&A") of the operating results and financial condition of African Copper Plc ("African Copper" or the "Company") and its subsidiaries is for the three-month period ended 31 March 2008 compared with ...

Far West Extends Copper Mineralization at the Estrellita Deposit ...

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:21 GMT

The Company has current operations in Chile (100% Far West) as well as in Argentina and Australia in collaboration with BHP Billiton. ...TSE:FWM

Copper theft bill veto puzzles area lawmakers

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:25 GMT

The bill, House Bill 1136, was rejected by the governor on the grounds that it placed undue regulatory burden on the state's metal recycling industry, ...

Afghanistan copper deposits worth $88 billion attract Chinese ... - Times Online

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:59 GMT

In a dusty, windswept valley 20 miles southwest of Kabul there stands a cluster of derelict buildings, littered with shrapnel, shell casings and unexploded ordnance. It is an unremarkable scene by Afghan standards – at first sight, just another sad ...

PRESS DIGEST-Australian Business News - May 16

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:55 GMT

Swiss miner Xstrata denied this, saying the offer, which it wants to use as a means of increasing its interest in the Tampakan copper and gold project in ...