Feb
26
Copper rallies as weaker dollar sparks fund buying..
February 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Copper prices rose more than 2 percent on Friday as a weaker US dollar made metals cheaper for non-US investors and encouraged funds to buy.The euro rose against the yen on short-covering in the wake of its slide to a one-year low against the Japanese currency on Thursday, while the dollar was supported against the [...]
Feb
26
Chile’s Codelco copper output up 16 pct in 2009..
February 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment
SANTIAGO, Feb 25 – Chile’s Codelco, the world’s top copper producer, increased copper output 16 percent to 1.7 million tonnes in 2009 as it forged ahead with heavy investments during the global slump. That marked the end to four consecutive years of dwindling output as lower grades at aging mines and labor strikes hit output [...]
Feb
15
WRAPUP 1-Chile Jan copper export revs jump 111 pct, peso up..
February 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment
* Jan. copper export revs surge with metal price * Peso jumps 1 percent following the data SANTIAGO, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Chile’s copper export revenues CLCOPX=ECI more than doubled in January to $3.373 billion, the central bank said on Monday, lifted by a recovery in copper prices and boosting the local peso. The value [...]
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 [...]
Jan
21
Japan metals head: 2010 copper fees benchmark set.
January 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment
TOKYO, Jan 21 - Japan’s top copper producer has settled on 2010 processing fees with BHP Billiton Plc/Ltd (BHP.AX: Quote, Profile, Research)(BLT.L: Quote, Profile, Research), setting the industry benchmark for the year, the head of Nippon Mining & Metals Co Ltd said on Thursday. BHP has agreed to treatment and refining charges of $46.5 a [...]
Jan
10
Poland sells 10% of state copper miner KGHM for $720 million
January 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Poland has sold 10 percent of KGHM (KGHM.WA: Quote), Europe’s second biggest copper producer, for some $720 million, riding a buoyant metals market as it embarks on an ambitious plan to raise at least $8.8 billion from privatisations in 2010. The shares changed hands on Friday in off-market transactions at 103 zlotys each, Reuters data [...]
Jan
8
Copper hits 16-month high on upbeat data..
January 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment
NEW YORK/LONDON – Copper rose to 16-month highs on Wednesday, with New York prices hurdling above the $3.50 per lb level, after upbeat manufacturing and auto sales data this week added to indications of economic improvement and raised prospects for better industrial metals demand. Aluminium rallied on supply concerns as harsh cold weather hit parts [...]
Jan
3
Chilean copper giant trims contract offer to workers..
January 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Santiago, Dec 31, 2009 (EFE via COMTEX) — Chilean state-owned mining giant Codelco reduced the size of a proposed bonus Thursday in its latest contract offer to workers in the company’s northern division, who promptly rejected the bid. In their second assembly this week, the miners set 5:00 a.m. Monday as the starting time for [...]
Jan
3
Codelco Chuquicamata Talks Fail as Miner Strike Looms..
January 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Union representatives for Codelco’s Chuquicamata copper miners in Chile said last-minute contract talks broke down, ending an effort to head off a Jan. 4 strike. Negotiations resumed today, the last day of the current contract, according to union official Miguel Lopez. A company spokeswoman, who declined to be named because of company policy, confirmed that [...]
Dec
31
Kazakhmys secures up to $2.7bn loan package .
December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment
LONDON – Kazakh copper producer Kazakhmys said it has secured a loan of up to $2,7-billion from China Development Bank and Kazakh state welfare fund Samruk-Kazyna to develop its growth projects. Most of the loan, about $2-billion, will fund the development of the Boschekul copper project in northern Kazakhstan, which could produce 12,5-million tons of [...]