By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News Copper futures rose Friday after government data showed the U.S. lost much fewer jobs last month than expected, fueling hopes for an economic recovery. Copper steadied on Thursday, gaining support from rising equities and a weaker dollar, after the metal plunged just before close on Wednesday. [...]
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Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Copper Fox Metals (CVE:CUU) annouced today a $6m financing that would consist of over 106m units consisting of a share and a full warrant. Ernesto Echavarria, a Mexican businessman has committed to a $5m investment which would give him control of the company. The financing will be subject to ratification at a special meeting of [...]
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Thursday, April 9, 2009
By Leia Michele Toovey-Exclusive to Copper Investing News Speculation that the worst may be over, when it comes to the recession sent the price of copper above $2.00 a pound on Thursday for the first time since October. Stock indexes rose in Asia and Europe this week and were poised for gains in the U.S. [...]
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News Copper has rallied 31 per cent in the first quarter of 2009; since December 26, the red metal’s price has increased 47 per cent. This rapid upward swing has earned the metal the title best performer among the 19 raw materials tracked by the RJ/CRB commodity [...]
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Monday, March 23, 2009
Oman’s mining history dates back to pre-Islamic days when copper was mined and sent all over the world. For full story, click here
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Monday, March 23, 2009
Zambia declared its plans to raise its stake in all foreign-owned copper mines to 25 percent from 15 percent to have a bigger say in their running and prevent mine closures. For full story, click here
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Thursday, March 5, 2009
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News The arbitrage window that allows profitable imports of copper from the international market into China snapped closed on Thursday as the gap between Shanghai and London markets narrowed sharply. Half the available copper stock in Asia and 10 per cent of the material in Europe is [...]
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Monday, March 2, 2009
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News U.S. copper futures plunged more than 6 per cent early Friday after government data showed a larger than expected fourth quarter GDP collapse. The bad news capped a week where optimism pushed copper futures up. In fact, copper increased, and safe haven gold pared losses. On [...]
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Friday, February 20, 2009
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News Copper is often looked to as a barometer of economic health due to its copious use in building and construction. When an economy is growing, copper use rises exponentially. In the early 2000′s rapid economic growth paved the way for an explosion in demand for the [...]
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Centenario Copper Corporation announces the highlights from a new mine plan , which integrates an oxide starter pit from the China deposit into the existing Franke mine plan. For full story, click here
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