China firm to own about 51 pct of Zambia nickel mine

LUSAKA, August 5 (Reuters) - China's Jinchuan Group Ltd. will take a stake of about 51 percent in Zambia's sole nickel mine Munali, which is due to resume output in September after stopping in March due to low prices, Zambia's mines minister said.

Zambia asks Glencore to surrender two copper mines

LUSAKA, March 10 (Reuters) - Zambia has asked Glencore International AG [GLEN.UL] to surrender to the government two mining units it plans to temporarily shut down in the southern African country, mines minister Maxwell Mwale said.

《Home专栏》西方不亮东方亮,中国需求主导金属市场大局

路透伦敦3月9日电---在多数发达国家中,金融业和制造业的双重危机令投资者信心持续低迷,而在此环境下,伦敦金属交易所(LME)工业金属价格近来委靡不振,持续徘徊在历史低位附近.

FACTBOX-Mines and plants hit by low prices, high costs

Jan 26 - Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc said it would reduce mining and crushed leach rates by 50 percent at its Morenci copper mine, compared with a 25 percent curtailment announced in December, along with a series of other operating reductions and deferred start-ups. [ID:nN26404413]

METALS INSIDER: Eastern promise lightens Western gloom

-- Andy Home is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own --

METALS INSIDER: Eastern promise lightens Western gloom

    -- Andy Home is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed

	

FACTBOX-Mines and plants hit by low prices, high costs

Jan 26 - Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc said it would reduce mining and crushed leach rates by 50 percent at its Morenci copper mine, compared with a 25 percent curtailment announced in December, along with a series of other operating reductions and deferred start-ups. [ID:nN26404413]

UPDATE 2-Albidon suspends Munali operations, shares drop

* AIM shares resume trading, drop as much as 53 pct (Adds analyst comment, details, background)

FACTBOX-Mines and plants hit by low prices, high costs

Jan 26 - Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc said it would reduce mining and crushed leach rates by 50 percent at its Morenci copper mine, compared with a 25 percent curtailment announced in December, along with a series of other operating reductions and deferred start-ups. [ID:nN26404413]