Zambians voted on Tuesday in a closely contested election between President Rupiah Banda and opposition leader Michael Sata, who has been a critic of foreign investment in Africa's biggest copper producer, most notably from China.
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The Mongolian government is discussing possible changes to a 2009 investment agreement for its massive copper-gold deposit at Oyu Tolgoi, media reports quoted the country's Finance Minister S. Bayartsogt as saying on Tuesday.
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Mongolia's law banning mining in the country's river and forest areas is necessary to protect the mineral-rich Asian country's environment and herdsmen's livelihoods, President Tsakhia Elbegdorj said on Monday.
Zambia's police chief deployed thousands of officers across the southern African country on Monday, the eve of a closely contested election between incumbent Rupiah Banda and nationalist opposition leader Michael Sata.
Workers at Peru's Cerro Verde mine, which yields 2 percent of the world's copper, agreed to end an indefinite strike they began last week, but may down tools again on Sept. 27, a union leader said Monday.
More than a thousand workers have returned to Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold's strike-hit Indonesia mine, the company said on Monday, leading the union to say some production has restarted at the world's third-biggest copper mine.
Foreign investors in mineral-rich Mongolia hope parliament will revoke a controversial law banning mining in the country's river and forest areas when it convenes for its busy autumn session next month.
A drive by Peru's leftist president to raise mining royalties should not derail multibillion-dollar investments, industry executives said, but they added that the final law must reflect the spirit of negotiations with companies.
A strike involving thousands of workers at Freeport McMoRan's Indonesian copper mine and port has delayed around 133,000 tonnes of copper ore concentrate shipments, industry officials said on Friday.
Foreign investors are bullish in pursuing mining ventures in the Philippines, with few signs of a slowdown in mineral demand from Asian neighbors such as China, but policy bottlenecks are hampering a faster flow of investments to the sector.
Production and shipments ground to a halt at Freeport McMoRan's Grasberg copper mine in Indonesia after thousands of workers began a month-long strike on Thursday, stoking fears of a global shortage following similar action at a major Peruvian mine.
Shareholders of the $5.9 billion Tampakan gold and copper mine in the southern Philippines remain committed to undertaking the project despite strong local opposition, an official of Sagittarius Mines Inc. said on Thursday.
Workers at Peru's Cerro Verde mine, which accounts for about 2 percent of global copper output, started an indefinite strike for better pay and benefits on Wednesday, a union leader said.
Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold's Indonesia mine workers have given the company a deadline of midnight on Wednesday to come up with a fresh pay rise offer, or they will proceed with a month-long strike, union official Virgo Solossa told Reuters.
Peru's government has approved three new mining royalty or tax schemes to fund anti-poverty initiatives and infrastructure projects, Finance Minister Luis Castilla said.
European index futures rose and the euro edged off a seven-month low on Tuesday after a report that Italy may get financial support from China sparked a bout of short-covering but did nothing to ease fears that Europe is sliding into another banking crisis.
Mines Management Inc., a U.S.-based silver mining company, said Monday its second-quarter loss grew as declining expenses were offset by less valuable derivatives.
Newmont Mining Corp.'s Indonesian unit said on Monday it is in talks with a worker union and local government to solve a protest that blocked access to its copper and gold mine last week.
China's key commodity imports, including crude oil, copper and iron ore, all climbed in August from the previous month, adding to evidence that demand in world's second-largest economy was still going strong despite the economic turmoil in the West.
European shares fell early on Friday, tracking Wall Street's Thursday losses, after U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke gave no indications of new stimulus measures.
