Los Bronces and the Tortolas concentrator. (copper mines in Chile)

Mining Magazine;  November 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ......operates two copper mines, El Soldado and Los Bronces, and their associated concentrator plants...capital, Santiago, while the open pit at Los Bronces is high in the Andes to the northeast...sea level. In the past, ore from the Los Bronces pit was processed close to the mine...

Heavy-duty blasthole drills to Los Bronces

Engineering and Mining Journal;  November 1, 2003 ;     251 words ......sold two remanufactured 59R drills to Anglo American Chile's Los Bronces division. The drills were moved from the Iron Range in Minnesota...machines have been set up to drill 10-5/8-in.-diameter holes at Los Bronces. Bucyrus noted that the propel system features hydraulically...

Speculators blamed for high copper prices

Supply Management;  May 11, 2006 ;     214 words ...COMMODITIES Soaring copper prices, fuelled by investment funds...Wrought Copper Council (IWCC). Copper prices on the London Metal Exchange...reports said LME traders predicted copper prices to fall by 20 per cent in the...

Copper Prices Tumble; Sumitomo Losses Spur A Criminal Inquiry

The Washington Post;  June 15, 1996 ;     633 words ...Copper prices plummeted across the world yesterday...London-based metals consultancy, noting that copper prices have been "significantly" higher than...the huge drop we've been seeing in copper prices over the past couple of weeks, is to...

Chinese demand sends copper prices over £2,000

Supply Management;  July 7, 2005 ;     305 words ......tonne in June. It is the first time copper prices have topped 2,000 since April 2004...years. According to Barclays Capital, copper prices could continue to surge for now because...insulation material manufacturer, said copper prices had gone up by 3 5 per cent in the...

Chile: Los Bronces' expansion to be finished in 2002.

South American Business Information;  November 16, 2000 ;     143 words ......owned by Exxon Mobil, will conclude in 2002 the expansion of the Los Bronces mine, whose copper production will be increased by 60,000 tons, to 300,000 tons per year. Los Bronces' expansion will demand overall investments of US$200mil. Thecopper...

COPPER PRICES CONTINUE WANING

AsiaInfo Services;  November 22, 2007 ;     201 words ...AsiaInfo Services 11-22-2007 Copper Prices Continue Waning BEIJING, Nov 22, 2007...earthquake in Chile in mid-November, the copper prices surged and investors sold out copper...USD 6,920 per ton on November 15. The copper prices are forecasted to continue waning...

Long-term trends in copper prices

Mining Engineering;  July 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Real copper prices during the past several decades display...highly volatile. Within a year or two, copper prices can rise or fall by 30% or more...significant long-run decline describe copper prices, not only in the United States, but...

Codelco reviews target due to falling copper prices.

South American Business Information;  March 28, 2003 ;     250 words ......falling long-term international copper prices. It had set the target of doubling...2000 and 2006, based on long-term copper prices of about US$0.95 per pound. However, due to falling copper prices, the company has decided to base...

Copper prices soar

The Press;  November 21, 2006 ;     173 words ...Copper prices have skyrocketed over 100 per cent in a year following huge demand...Plumbing World trade category manager Owen Camp said international copper prices had neared $US9000 ($NZ13,500) per tonne at their peak in May, up almost...

Copper Prices to Stay High.(Brief article)

Purchasing;  October 18, 2007 ;     78 words ...By Staff Copper prices averaged $3.30/lb in the first nine months of 2007, nearly 10...Australian Bureau of Agricultural & Resource Economics. She says copper prices will remain high for the rest of this year and into next year...

Codelco optimistic over copper prices.

South American Business Information;  April 2, 2003 ;     82 words ......state-owned copper company, has said that the fall in international copper prices reflects the uncertainties created by the war in Iraq. Mr...said that if the conflict ends within a reasonable period, copper prices should rise to between US$0.75 and US$0.80 per pound. Copyright...

World Copper Prices Hike

Xinhua English Newswire;  July 9, 1999 ;     125 words ...World copper prices hiked due to the closing of some mines and the strikes affecting...Chilean Copper Commission (Cochilco) showed that the positive trend in copper prices is a reaction to the announcement of the closing of high-cost operations...

COMMODITIES: COPPER PRICES UP THANKS TO ASIAN RECOVERY

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  September 12, 2000 ;     537 words ......SANTIAGO, Sep. 11 (IPS) -- International copper prices remained high today, and experts predict...Sept. 8 rate of 88.94 cents per pound. Copper prices last week were the highest since November...cents per pound and that by December copper prices will hover around a dollar per pound...

A commodity bust? Surging copper prices are vulnerable

International Herald Tribune;  November 1, 2005 ;     537 words ......hitting record highs two weeks ago, copper prices have bounced wildly in recent trading...investors keep piling into the markets.Copper prices ''will fall at least 25 percent by...fundamentals justify, he said.When copper prices start to fall, ''it could be a dramatic...