Feb
12
India Resources returns Surda Copper Mine to profitability..
February 12, 2010 | 1 Comment
India Resources’ (ASX: IRL) Surda Copper mine in in the state of Jharkhand has recorded profits in recent months. As production ramps up, for the months of December 2009 and January 2010, Surda mine set several new production records. For the month of January, Surda Mine hoisted 36,973 tonnes and tramming for the same month [...]
Feb
8
Grupo Mexico expects copper production to grow..
February 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Mexico City-based mega-miner Grupo Mexico expects 2010 will be “a year of consolidation for copper and for our other metals due to the anticipated growth of the manufacturing sector worldwide, recovery in American, European, and Asian demand, and the continued Chinese consumption.” “These factors are expected to start a reversal of the upward trend in [...]
Feb
4
Cape Lambert withdraws Q Copper float amid volatile markets..
February 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The IPO had been scheduled to become the biggest resources float of 2009 before it was delayed and revised down from $214m in December, after about 25 per cent of investors failed to meet their settlement obligations.UK broker Mirabaud Securities, which acted as the UK placing agent on the Q Copper IPO, has denied it [...]
Feb
3
Cape Lambert withdraws Q Copper float amid volatile markets…
February 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment
CAPE Lambert’s delayed $174 million float of Q Copper has become the latest IPO to fall over, with the Perth-based miner pulling the float because of “recent adverse market conditions”. The IPO had been scheduled to become the biggest resources float of 2009 before it was delayed and revised down from $214m in December, after [...]
Feb
2
ARM sees Khumani iron-ore output at 16Mt by 2012..
February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment
CAPE TOWN – Diversified miner African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) is on track to boost production at its Khumani iron-ore mine by 2012, and was also aiming for Zimbabwe’s platinum sector, its CEO said on Tuesday. ARM was also looking at acquisitions in the rest of the continent and had formed a joint venture with Vale [...]
Feb
2
Ratification of Collective Agreement Between Xstrata Nickel Sudbury Operations and Canadian Auto Workers Local 598..
February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment
SUDBURY, ONTARIO — (MARKET WIRE) — 02/02/10 — Xstrata Nickel is pleased to announce that it has successfully renewed a three-year Collective Agreement with the Canadian Auto Workers Sudbury Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union Local Union 598, representing production and maintenance employees at its operations in Sudbury. The Agreement was ratified by the Union [...]
Feb
2
DJ Copper Mine Output Capacity To Increase 19% By 2013..
February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment
LONDON, Feb 02, 2010 - Copper mine production capacity should grow at an average of 4.3% a year to reach 23.1 million metric tons by 2013, and based on existing facilities and announced project developments, mine output should increase by 19%, or 3.6 million tons, in 2013 from 2009, the International Copper Study Group said [...]
Jan
29
Metorex to raise $100 mln, revises Ruashi debt..
January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment
* Debt raising programme to strengthen balance sheet * Plans to dispose of all non-core operations (Adds details) JOHANNESBURG, Jan 29 (Reuters) – South African miner Metorex Ltd (MTXJ.J: Quote) said on Friday it had embarked on a $100 million capital raising programme and revised a debt package for its Ruashi copper mine in the [...]
Jan
11
Vale Inco strike enters 7th month..
January 11, 2010 | 1 Comment
SUDBURY — Six months after most of the Canadian employees of Brazilian miner Vale voted to go on strike, the two sides in the drawn-out labour dispute appear able to agree on only one thing: virtually no progress has been made. On July 11, the more than 3,000 employees at Vale Inco’s mill, smelter, refinery [...]
Jan
4
METALS-Shanghai copper to open up on U.S. data, weak dlr..
January 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment
SHANGHAI, Jan 5 – Shanghai copper is expected to open higher on Tuesday, tracking gains in London prices in the previous session, boosted by upbeat U.S. manufacturing data and a weakness in dollar. FUNDAMENTALS * Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange MCU3 rose $125 to close at $7,500 a tonne on Monday, and edged [...]