BHP seeks to avert Escondida strike
BHP has asked the government to mediate with unionised workers at its Escondida copper mine in Chile, the world's largest.
The Chilean strike BHP just has to have
BHP will yank as hard on the levers of productivity Chile as it has in Australia.
Copper tops $US6000 on strike vote
Workers at BHP Billiton's Escondida copper mine in Chile overwhelmingly voted against the company's latest wage offer.
Copper, aluminium poised to slide
Copper and aluminium prices are expected to lose steam after prices surged despite surpluses that will persist into 2018.
Copper falls on greenback's gain
Copper closed lower, hurt by a strengthening US dollar, after hitting a two-month high earlier in the day.
Freeport shares slump on earnings miss, Indonesia woes
The world's biggest publicly-listed copper miner warned it would need to start slashing output and jobs at its Indonesia mine if it fails to get an export permit from the government.
BHP strike fears fuel copper
Copper hits two-month high, before retreating to end flat. Most other metals eased ahead of Lunar New Year.
BHP escapes latest SA blackout
BHP Billiton and OZ Minerals have escaped the latest SA power blackout that has left thousands without electricity.
Rio Tinto, Chinalco end copper venture
Rio Tinto Group and its largest shareholder Aluminum Corp of China have terminated a joint venture to find copper deposits.
Copper retreats on dollar strength
Copper eased as a stronger US dollar prompted some investors to cash in gains after the metal touched a five-week high.
Copper at five-week high
Copper hit a five-week high on Friday while aluminium climbed to its highest in nearly 20 months.
BHP wage showdown in Chile
A wage negotiation at the world's top copper mine is showing the downside for producers of recovering prices.
Copper advances amid falling inventories
Copper prices rose as falling stocks and expectations of stronger demand in China persuaded buyers to return to the market.
Copper dips on Chinese demand doubts
Copper prices slipped on Friday as investors took profits on long positions ahead of the Christmas break.
Goldman reverses course on copper
Goldman has turned from bearish to 'more' bullish as copper has defied its expectations.
AEMO ordered BHP's Olympic Dam power cut
The AEMO ordered the power supply to BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam in SA be cut on December 1, a new report finds.
Rio boss downplays Mongolian dispute
Rio Tinto boss dismisses Mongolian copper dispute as a 'bump in the road'.
Citigroup's clarion call for commodity bulls
Citigroup is bullish on oil, copper, zinc, and wheat; it's bearish on coal, iron ore, gold and soybeans.
Rio Tinto suspends Oyu Tolgoi shipments to China
Rio Tinto has suspended shipments to China from its giant copper-gold Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia.
'Jobs in peril' warns furious BHP CEO
BHP chief Andrew Mackenzie says Olympic Dam's latest outage and SA energy failures are putting jobs at risk.
Zinc, lead power base metals higher
Zinc, the best performing metal on the London Metal Exchange this year, powered to its highest in more than eight years.
Newcrest sees higher output at Cadia, Lihir
Newcrest Mining has revealed plans to increase output from its two most important mines; Cadia and Lihir
Copper extends slide
Copper clocked its biggest weekly fall in a month as the US dollar soared to a 14-year high.
Gas price plunge helps BHP's hedging call
BHP Billiton's decision to break with decade-long practice and use hedging in its United States shale gas operation appears to have been perfectly timed.
Zinc slips, copper edges higher
Zinc retreated from a five-year high, while copper touched its highest since July.
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