Copper marches on brighter prospects
Copper, which is a leading indicator on wider economic prospects, was on the march on optimism 2010 would be a year of improved demand.
Metorex restructures copper hedge
Metorex has restructured its copper hedge book, achieving a far better price on more than half the tonnage still sold forward to June 2011.
China brands BHP/Rio tie-up a monopoly
China's steel industry "firmly opposes" BHPBilliton and Rio Tinto's iron ore joint venture, calling it a "monopoly in disguise".
ZCI to relist on JSE, change name
Zambia Copper Investments, finally released from litigation with Verdanta Resources, is to relist on the JSE with a new name, and fresh business plan, it said.
ZCI to relist on JSE
Zambia Copper Investments will resume trading on the JSE on January 15 in its new role of junior mining house which controls Botswana copper producer African Copper.
Mwana Africa’s losses drastically decrease
Commodity recources company Mwana Africa reports a significant narrowing of its interim loss compared with the losses from a year ago.
Hulamin positive about 2010
Hulamin says market conditions are showing some improvement and all the operations are well loaded going into 2010.
Base metals lack direction
The base metals complex has been lacking direction for the next convincing break, and in the absence of significant changes to the fundamentals, the markets are drifting on the back of macro news, says an analyst.
First Quantum pays $340m for Ravensthorpe
First Quantum, normally an operator of African-based assets, has made an astonishing move for one of BHP Billiton's costliest mistakes, the Ravensthorpe nickel mine in Australia.
Kalahari Minerals upbeat about results
Kalahari Minerals reports "exceptional" drilling results from Rossing South.