Copper

China Gold ramps up production on the mainland

22 Jan 2013

China Gold International Resources, the overseas-listed flagship of the nation's largest gold producer China National Gold Group, plans to spend C$705.11 million (HK$5.51 billion) to expand the...

China takes a bold step in Afghanistan

5 Dec 2012

While the West is pulling out of Afghanistan, China is scouting out the strife-torn country's natural resources, estimated to be worth trillions of US dollars.

Calls grow for probe into police violence at Myanmar mine

1 Dec 2012

Buddhist monks marched in Myanmar’s two biggest cities on Saturday to protest at police violence during a crackdown on demonstrators at a copper mine.

Mine row in Myanmar tests hopes of reform

1 Dec 2012

Six camps used to dot the lush countryside around the Letpadaung Mountain near Monywa, in Upper Myanmar. They were set up by protesters against a vast copper mine project. On Thursday morning,...

China copper imports drop to 15-month low

10 Nov 2012

China’s copper imports dropped 18.5 per cent in October to hit its lowest level in 15 months, while iron ore imports also fell to a one-year low, which was partly caused by a week-long holiday at...

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Mongolia’s white-hot growth slows on China woes

Mongolia’s white-hot economic growth has cooled this year as the ripple effects of the global economic downturn -- and especially slowing Chinese growth -- start to hit home.

Copper bottomed? Don't be too sure

Last month, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing sealed a HK$17 billion deal to buy the London Metal Exchange.

HKEx was prepared to pay so much largely because it wanted to get its hands on the...

China Nonferrous presses ahead with HK$2.4b IPO

China Nonferrous Mining, an overseas unit of state-owned China Nonferrous Metal Mining (Group), is pushing ahead with an initial public offering of shares in Hong Kong today amid plans to raise...

Miners bleed in panic selling

It was a bloodbath for Asian miners yesterday as investors forecast that slowing growth on the mainland would stop the nation gobbling up resources.

Copper

Alongside brass, hammered silver and brushed pewter, copper can be found in many households - in the shape of cooking pots, kitchen canisters, vases, trays and urns.

Count instruments, surgical staff told

Queen Elizabeth Hospital apologised again to a 72-year-old patient for leaving a 20cm copper plate inside her body after an operation to remove a tumour from her pancreas last month. Doctors had...