Is there a safe way into copper boom?
FT.com explains the price of copper hit a record high of $8,966 per tonne this week.
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Supply Shortage Looms over Copper Market
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Copper advanced for the third straight day, as stockpiles plummeted to a seven-month low. Stockpiles have descended for the thirteenth straight day, a sign of tightening market fundamentals. Adding extra impetus to copper’s ascent was a declining greenback.
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Franconia Minerals Hits 243 Feet of 1.28% Copper Equivalent
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Franconia Minerals reports results from 2010 drilling program at the Birch Lake deposit, Minnesota. This latest drilling is designed to follow on from the resource estimate completed in 2009 at Birch Lake. In that study Scott Wilson Roscoe Postle Associates (Scott Wilson RPA) estimates an Indicated Resource* of 131.2 million tonnes, plus an Inferred Resources of 37.5 [...]
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Goldman Fraud Charge Hits Copper Prices
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
As news over impending fraud charges against leading commodities player Goldman Sachs hit the market last Friday, copper witnessed considerable downside. Risk averse investors jumped from their positions, sending copper plummeting to a three month low.
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Is Copper’s Recent Tug-o-War a Sign the Metal has Peaked?
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
In early trade Tuesday, better than expected US home data buoyed copper on the COMEX after dipping for four straight sessions. But, the ascent was just a blip with the upside being limited by a lack of positive economic indicators.
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Copper Claims Top Honours
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Copper earned topped honours as the best performing investment for 2009, and the metal extended its ascent into the new year, reaching a 16-month high on Monday. The New Year’s run was fuelled by a looming strike at the Chuquicamata mine in Chile.
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Copper’s ascent sentiment-driven
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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Copper adds some shine on reports that bears losing grip on market
Thursday, December 11, 2008
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News Volatile copper prices fell more than 2 per cent before turning positive on Thursday. The U.S. dollar retreated to its lowest point relative the euro in six weeks, making the metal less expensive for international holders. U.S. copper futures turned positive, copper for March delivery HGH9 [...]
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Recession or depression?
Thursday, December 4, 2008
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News On Wednesday, U.S. copper futures retreated to a low dating back to July 2005. The price of copper for March delivery traded down to $1.5170, a contract low. The session high was $1.5965 per lb. COMEX estimated copper volume at a light 6,427 lots. Over in [...]
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Copper joins the base metals slide
Thursday, October 23, 2008
By Leia Michele Toovey- Exclusive to Copper Investing News On the Shanghai Exchange, copper has tumbled 18 per cent this week alone, putting the year’s cumulative losses at 41 per cent. The current price point of copper puts it on par with the level it was at in December 1999. Copper for January delivery dropped [...]
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- Anglo Canadian Mining Corporation – Copper Exploration in B.C.
- Canyon Copper Corp. – Advanced Mineral Resource Company
- CuOro Resources Corp.- Emerging Colombian Copper
- Geologix – Advancing a Gold and Copper Resource in Mexico
- Lions Gate Metals – Copper and Gold in BC
- Nevada Copper Corp. – Developing Nevada’s Next Major Copper Mine
- Paragon Minerals – Gold and Base Metal Projects with Significant Discoveries and Base Metals in Newfoundland
- Pebble Creek Mining Ltd. – High-Grade, Low-Cost Mining in India
- Red Metal Resources Limited – Copper and Gold Exploration in Chile
- Southern Silver Exploration Corp.- A Precious and Base Metal Exploration Company
- Tarsis Resources – Gold, Copper and Silver Exploration in the Yukon and Mexico
- Virgin Metals – Advanced Copper Projects in Mexico
- White Tiger Mining Corp – Northern Ontario Mining Projects
- Yellowhead Mining Inc. – Focused on Harper Creek Copper-Gold-Silver Advanced Exploration Project
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