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Base Metals ►  Copper, Aluminium, Zinc, Lead, Tin, Nickel
1 Apr 2010 Copper  ►  Prophecy Resource completes $3.3m private placement
Prophecy Resource Corp. has completed the previously announced non-brokered private placement of 6,080,919 units at a price of $0.55 per unit for gross proceeds of $3,344,505. Each unit consists of... more 
  Gold futures up; platinum and palladium at 1-year high
Gold and other metals surged Thursday after a slew of stronger global manufacturing data and a drop in jobless claims in the U.S. pointed to higher commodities demand worldwide... more 
Base Metals  ►  Copper at 20-month high
Copper climbed on Thursday to its highest level in 20 months, as strong manufacturing data in Asia, Europe and the United States bolstered demand prospects on the first day of the second quarter... more 
Copper  ►  GlobeStar reports strong 2009 financial results
GlobeStar Mining Corporation announced key highlights of its financial and operational results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2009... more 
Zinc  ►  Xstrata to expand Queensland zinc mine
Mining giant Xstrata has revealed plans to spend $130 million to extend an open cut zinc mine in north-west Queensland... more 
Copper  ►  Jiangxi Copper to invest in overseas copper asset
Jiangxi Copper Co., China's biggest copper producer by output, said Wednesday it is seeking opportunities to invest in overseas copper assets, but didn't elaborate... more 
  Inmet in $500m equity financing for copper-gold-molybdenum project
Inmet Mining Corp. has arranged a $500-million equity financing through Ellington Investments Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of a Singapore-based investment company with holdings in Asia and Latin America... more 
  Ivanhoe Mines copper-gold mining agreement takes effect
Ivanhoe Mines today welcomed the successful completion of the conditions precedent that had been incorporated into the landmark Investment Agreement to build and operate the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold... more 
  Rio Tinto in a $4.4b copper-gold project in Mongolia
Rio Tinto has finalised a new agreement with the Mongolian government for the development of a $4.4 billion copper-gold project in the country... more 
  Will copper prise rise continue?
Here at the world's biggest underground mine, Chile's state mining enterprise Codelco plans to spend tens of millions of dollars to extend the life of a century-old operation... more 
  African Copper gets $10m loan for its Mowana mine
African Copper Plc is pleased to announce the arrangement of a US$10 million loan ("the ZCI Loan") from its significant shareholder, Zambia Copper Investments ("ZCI"). The monies will be used at its... more 
Base Metals  ►  Lundin copper-zinc mine strike ends
Lundin Mining Corporation reported that underground mining employees at the Neves-Corvo copper mine in Portugal today ended their limited industrial action and normal work recommenced as of this... more 
Copper  ►  Copper mining companies to face strikes on rising prices
Copper miners could face strikes from workers demanding more benefits, higher windfall taxes and resource nationalism if prices for the red metal increase substantially amid the global economic... more 
30 Mar 2010 Zinc  ►  Shoshone Silver/Gold signs silver concentrates contract
Shoshone Silver/Gold Mining Company announced that it has signed a 2010 contract for its silver concentrates produced at Shoshone's Lakeview Mill in northern Idaho. The shipment containing... more 
Aluminium  ►  Chalco says aluminium prices will rise
Aluminum Corp of China Ltd (Chalco), the largest producer of the metal in China, has moved into the black in the first two months of this year after posting a loss in 2009, buoyed by price hikes for... more 
Copper  ►  Kazakhmys says copper price will rise on demand
Heavy write-downs meant lower full year profits at copper miner Kazakhmys despite a much stronger second half as the price of the metal rebounded higher... more 
  Beaufield Resources drills copper, zinc, silver and gold
Beaufield Resources Inc. reported results from the recently completed drilling program on the 100% owned Troilus-Tortigny property. Seven diamond drill holes, totalling 2,472 metres, were completed... more 
  International PBX Ventures drill copper at its project in Chile
International PBX Ventures Ltd. provided an update on the drilling on its Copaquire copper-molybdenum project in Chile... more 
29 Mar 2010   Striking Peru mines
Workers at Peru's only iron producer, Shougang Hierro Peru SAA, went on strike Monday, while strikes at several other Peruvian mines continued, said Luis Castillo, general secretary of Peru's... more 
  Metals show signs of recovery
Palladium, platinum and copper led a commodities rally Monday as investors took advantage of a weaker dollar and a positive report on consumer spending... more