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Electric vehicles, higher prices to boost global copper output — report

By analyst By Cecilia Jamasmie Global copper production will spike over the next decade as rising prices and increasing demand from the electric vehicles sector encourage project development, a new reports shows. According to analysts at BMI Research, output for the red metal worldwide will grow an average annual rate of 3.6% over 2018 –

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Workers at Idaho’s Lucky Friday mine have been on strike for 370 days

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Lucky Friday workers together with their families and union leaders marched on Saturday in Mullan, Idaho, to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the strike they initiated on March 13, 2017, to push for better labour standards. Lucky Friday, owned by Hecla Mining Company (NYSE: HL), is Idaho Silver Valley’s

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Egypt’s sole gold-exporting mine reports high profits

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud January profits from Egypt’s sole gold-exporting mine are making headlines in the country. According to local media, the Sukari gold mine, which is owned in equal parts by Jersey-based Centamin (TSX:CEE) (LON:CEY) and the Egyptian Mineral Resource Authority, provided $14.4 million in revenues to the latter during the first

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