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Expect the price of copper to fall
Features Falling demand and an increase in supply could see the price of copper fall by a quarter by the end of the year.
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A slap in the face for junior miners
Features Political risk has increased dramatically in the oil and minerals sector lately, says Tom Bulford. But there's another reason junior miners are suffering - and it's less well-known.
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Red-hot copper will cool
Features China's weakening demand for copper is set to put paid to the industrial metal's impressive rise this year.
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One commodity that will survive a hard landing in China
Features Fears of a hard landing for China's economy have hit commodity prices. But there's one metal for which demand should stay firm, says Matthew Partridge.
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The next great penny share mining frenzy?
Features Tom Bulford looks at what could be the next big story in mining - Africa's iron ore reserves - and the small-cap stocks poised to profit.
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Ferrex hits new low after £0.88m of losses
News Shares in Africa-focused iron ore and manganese development company Ferrex hit the skids after the company declared a loss of £0.88m for the period from its formation in August 2010 to the end of September 2011.
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Berkeley Mineral Resources soars on copper option
News Berekely Mineral Resources, the Zambia-focused minerals company, has seen its share price shoot up 8% this morning after announcing it has bought an option on stockpiles of copper tailings located in the Chingola area in the north of the country.
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Ferrexpo aims for legal showdown in London
News The Switzerland-based, but Ukrainian-owned, iron ore producer Ferrexpo is to take a long running legal dispute to the High Court in London.
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Antofagasta's profits pared by mark-to-market adjustments
News Higher copper prices and increased output was a winning combination for Chilean copper miner Antofagasta in the first nine months of 2011.
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