iPath Series B Bloomberg Copper Subindex Total Return ETN·Financial Services
The ETN offers exposure to futures contracts and not direct exposure to the physical commodities. The index is composed of one or more futures contracts on the relevant commodity (the “index components”) and is intended to reflect the returns that are potentially available through (1) an unleveraged investment in those contracts plus (2) the rate of interest that could be earned on cash collateral invested in specified Treasury Bills.
Financial Services
Asset Management
2018-01-17
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Chilean copper producer Codelco (COBRE.UL) and global miner Anglo American plan to submit separate environmental studies to regulators for their planned shared copper mine in Chile, documents seen by Reuters show, using what they called an "unprecedented" twin-track to streamline the approval process.

Anglo Asian Mining Plc (LSE:AAZ, OTC:AGXKF, FRA:A4A) told investors that first-quarter copper production surged almost sevenfold as its Demirli mine helped drive a sharp step-up in output, while stronger sales and lower debt pushed the group deeper into net cash. The Azerbaijan-focused producer turned out 3,711 tonnes of copper in the three months to 31 March, up from 534 tonnes a year earlier.

Miners like Freeport-McMoRan should rally if Iran fears fade and copper rebounds. Gold miners look Newmont may pop as well.

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Shares in Bezant Resources PLC (AIM:BZT) rose 11% to 0.075p after the company reported a sevenfold increase in the open-pitable mineral resource at its Hope and Gorob copper-gold project in Namibia, extending the life of mine from one year to 7.5 years. The updated estimate, prepared by independent consultants Sound Mining under the JORC Code (2012), puts the gross open-pitable resource at more than 3.0 million tonnes, up from 0.41 million tonnes in the 2023 estimate, grading 1.24% copper, with silver and gold credits.

Panama's government aims to finalize a resolution by Tuesday authorizing the removal of material from First Quantum Minerals' shuttered copper mine known as Cobre Panama, the country's trade minister Julio Molto said on Monday.