LONDON, Feb 21 (Reuters) – The world’s warehouses are packed with ever more metal like copper that industrial users think they can use if needed, but they could suffer costly surprises: big financial firms have other plans for the material.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/21/metals-stocks-squeeze-idUSL5N0B8BXE20130221
Rio Tinto is looking into restarting its Panguna mine in Papua New Guinea, one of the world’s largest sources of copper and gold.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/07/riotinto-australia-bougainville-idUSL4N0B72ZC20130207
Copper in London jumped by the most in almost a month on expectations that a recovering Chinese economy will boost demand from the largest user. Aluminum, zinc, lead, nickel and tin also advanced.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-27/copper-in-london-gains-most-in-a-month-on-china-demand.html
MANILA, Philippines—Swiss mining giant Xstrata has set back the commercial production of its $5.9-billion project in the Philippines to 2019 due to problems with security and the government, the company said Wednesday.
http://business.inquirer.net/97991/xstrata-mine-in-philippines-set-back-to-2019
LONDON, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Copper hovered on Thursday near four-month highs hit in the previous session as investors awaited the outcome of a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting that was expected to unleash fresh monetary stimulus measures. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/13/markets-metals-idUSL3E8KD3U020120913
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