Copper Hit a Four-Month High Today
For those interested in investing in copper, you should know that the price of the base metal reached a four-month high on July 17. In a mid morning trading session in London, copper prices were …
Workers at Antofagasta Minerals and Barrick Gold’s Zalidvar Copper Mine Vote to Strike
Last week, news surfaced of a potential strike at Antofagasta Minerals’ (LON:$ANTO) Zaldivar copper mine, located in Chile. The mine is also partially owned by the world’s biggest gold mining company, Barrick Gold (TSE:$ABX) — …
Antofagasta Minerals Faces Potential Strikes at Two Chilean Mines
Another one of the world’s biggest mining companies, Antofagasta Minerals (OTC:$ANFGF), is now facing possible strikes at two of its mines in Chile — the Zaldivar mine and the Centinela mine. The news follows the …
Chile’s Escondida Copper Mine Experiences a 63% Drop in Production
BHP Billiton (LON:$BLT) is now feeling the full impact of the worker strike that occurred earlier this year at its Escondida copper mine in Chile. Compared to the production from January to March last year, …