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  • RIO DE JANEIRO—Brazilian miner Vale SA has discovered deposits of rare-earth minerals at its giant Salobo copper-mine project at Carajas in Para state, similar to quality at some Australian deposits, a leading Brazilian minerals researcher said late last week.

    Brazil's Vale Discovers Rare Earths in Amazon Diana Kinch 2011

  • In its filing, J.P. Morgan cited industry statistician Brook Hunt to point to constraints in expanding global copper-mine supply and a revival in consumption due to a Western economic recovery and ongoing robust demand in emerging markets.

    J.P. Morgan to Launch Copper ETF Andrea Hotter 2010

  • LIMA—Southern Copper Corp. official said Tuesday that the company expects to comply with a number of United Nations recommendations on the environmental impact of its stalled Tia Maria copper-mine project in Peru.

    Southern Copper to Comply With U.N. Report Sophie Kevany 2011

  • "The global fundamentals for copper are still intact—the quality of copper-mine projects coming on stream is worse than before, demand is firm and the producer response to tight supplies has been slow," he said, noting that although they are large in volume, new projects are of lower grades.

    Codelco Sees China Inflation as Worry for Copper Andrea Hotter 2011

  • LIMA—A Southern Copper Corp. official said Tuesday the company expects to comply with a number of United Nations recommendations on the environmental impact of its stalled Tia Maria copper-mine project in Peru.

    Southern Copper to Comply With U.N. Report Sophie Kevany 2011

  • These familial tensions boil over when Matt takes on a copper-mine owner who's polluting his feeding stream.

    John Farr: Why Should Brad and Britney's Issues Dwarf the Legacy of Richard Widmark and Jules Dassin? 2008

  • Earlier this year, anti-Chinese riots broke out among copper-mine workers protesting poor salaries and working conditions at the Chambishi mine in Zambia.

    Pragmatism or Principle? 2007

  • The fifth half-yearly dividend was announced at twelve and a quarter per cent of the paid-up capital: the accounts from the copper-mine sent the dividend up to a still greater height, and carried the shares to an extraordinary premium.

    The Newcomes 2006

  • A lucky purchase which he had made of shares in a copper-mine added very considerably to his wealth, and he realised with great prudence while this mine was still at its full vogue.

    The History of Pendennis 2006

  • So confident were they of the existence of the copper, that they thought it would be waste of time and money to have any exploration made first; and accordingly, sent to England for a mining engineer, who was to bring out all necessary tools, machinery, laboratory, utensils, a number of mechanics, and stores of all kinds for two years, in order to commence work on a copper-mine which he was told was already discovered.

    The Malay Archipelago 2004

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