Latest Copper mining in Arizona Stories

LONDON, February 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Copper has started seeing an upward growth trend since last Monday. On January 29th, it rose by 0.5 percent to $8,089 a metric ton on the London Metal Exchange. Established copper miners like Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc (NYSE: FCX) and Southern Copper Corp. (NYSE: SCCO) are reporting mixed results. StockCall analysts have finished the technical reports on Freeport McMoRan and Southern Copper, and these free reports can be...

SAN CARLOS, Ariz., Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- "Resolution Copper Mine, LLC is engaging in the same old scare tactics to pressure the U.S. Senate to act on bad legislation," announced Terry Rambler, Chairman, San Carlos Apache Tribe in response to the company's statement on November 30 that it would lay off approximately 400 employees. Resolution Copper cited the stalled legislation before Congress to approve the land swap it is seeking and a decline in the global markets as reasons...

PHOENIX, Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a recently released study, the copper mining industry contributed approximately $12.1 billion to Arizona's economy and provided an estimated 73,100 jobs to Arizona residents in 2010. The $12.1 billion economic impact represents a 31 percent increase over 2009. Contributing to the overall performance of the copper mining industry was a rise in copper prices, partially offset by a slight decrease in production. The average price of...

All currencies in US$ unless otherwise specified. VANCOUVER, July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Mercator Minerals Ltd. ("Mercator" or the "Company") is pleased to announce its production results for June 2010, totaling 3,089,472 lbs of copper, 396,184 lbs of molybdenum and 44,596 ounces of silver in concentrates. June was a record month for molybdenum production. These results bring second quarter production to 9.0 million lbs of copper, 0.95 million lbs of molybdenum and over 100,000 ounces...

TRADING SYMBOL: TSX - ML VANCOUVER, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Mercator Minerals Ltd. ("Mercator") is pleased to announce that its new 25,000 ton per day mill has started producing copper and molybdenum concentrates at its Mineral Park Mine in Arizona, less than two years from completion of its December 29, 2006 Technical Report. "In less than two years from completion of pre feasibility, Mercator has financed, engineered, procured equipment, and constructed one of the largest and...

By GABRIELA RICO Copper production from leftover ore at the Johnson Camp Mine in Cochise County has begun and has already netted $4.6 million for the Tucson mining company. The president and CEO of Tucson-based Nord Resources Corp., John Perry, is awaiting Arizona Department of Environmental Quality permits for dust emissions, so new mining can begin. But since February, the company has sold 1.2 million pounds of copper from already-mined ore left at the 3,000-acre site just east of Texas...

MONTREAL, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Campbell Resources Inc. (the "Company") ("Campbell") (TSX: CCH, OTC Bulletin Board: CBLRF) today announced financial results for the second quarter and first six months of fiscal 2008 ended June 30, 2008. During and subsequent to the period, the Company realized a number of achievements: - Increased year-to-date ore production by approximately 78% - Increased year-to-date copper production by approximately 97%...

By Gabriela Rico, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Aug. 5--British mining giant Rio Tinto and Australian partner BHP-Billiton plan to invest $652 million for studies at the site of a large copper deposit at their Resolution Copper Mining operation in Superior. Town leaders are embracing the company and the hoped-for mine and recently signed an agreement outlining their future relationship. The underground mining operation -- which Resolution predicts will yield 600,000 tons of copper a...

By Christian Palmer The state's massive copper industry had an estimated total impact of $6.8 billion to Arizona's economy in 2007, including $385 million in revenues for state and local governments, according to a report by the Western Economic Analysis Center. Another mining expert estimates copper's economic impact to be considerably higher. Last year, three major copper producers and a handful of smaller companies pulled about 814,000 tons of the metal -- roughly 62 percent of all...

By Tom Gibbons The main driver behind the price increase for metals is increasing demand in emerging economies in the world. Even as the U.S. economy slows, demand for commodities remains strong worldwide. "Commodities offer an opportunity that's non-correlating to the stock market," says Mike Bowen of WealthTrust Arizona in Scottsdale. In early July, the Dow Jones Industrial Average entered bear territory--indicated by the index falling 20 percent below its recent high. The stock markets...