Gold rises with US–China talks, MidEast conflict in focusGold prices climbed as investors awaited crucial meetings between U.S. President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, while also monitor...
12 May, 2026, 07.19 AM IST
Freeport delays Grasberg recovery due to wetter ore; shares fallFreeport-McMoRan announced a slower-than-expected recovery at its Grasberg mine in Indonesia following a fatal flood. The company now antic...
23 Apr, 2026, 10.15 PM IST
Copper hits $11,000 a ton as investors bet on shortagesCopper struck $11,000 per metric ton on Thursday, a milestone not seen for 16 months as investors piled into the metal after a series of di...
09 Oct, 2025, 08.08 PM IST
Vedanta shares rally 3% as copper prices shoot up to hit a 16-month highShares of Vedanta rose on Friday to touch an intraday high of Rs 479.90 on the BSE, tracking gains in global copper prices. The stock rally...
03 Oct, 2025, 02.27 PM IST
Hindustan Copper shares rally over 6% on surge in global copper pricesHindustan Copper share price surged sharply after global copper prices spiked due to a production halt at Grasberg, the world’s second-larg...
25 Sep, 2025, 01.24 PM IST
Indonesian brigadier general killed in two-week Papua clashThe clashes started April 8 in Indonesia's easternmost Papua province after rebels set fire to three schools and shot to death a teacher in...
26 Apr, 2021, 01.48 PM IST
World's biggest gold mine grapples with Covid-19While Freeport has halted some global operations due to the pandemic, production has continued at the 14,000 foot (4,267 metre) -high Grasb...
11 Oct, 2020, 10.51 AM IST
Copper turns up the heat in base metals packCopper is trading near fresh 3-year high, thanks to bright infrastructure demand prospects.
01 Sep, 2017, 08.06 PM IST
Base metals hit by market jitters, likely to slide furtherImpact of global economic chaos can be seen in the difference in performance of base metals.
09 May, 2017, 07.46 PM IST
Macroeconomic concerns, French polls, US protectionism to keep copper counter weakLast year’s uptrend continued in 2017 and the metal enjoyed an impressive rally in the first two months, gaining 8.4 per cent on LME and 5....
28 Mar, 2017, 06.37 PM IST
Copper prices decline on easing of supply disruption concernsPrime reason being recent comments by the workers union at Escondida, the world’s biggest copper mine in Chile, that it was open to further...
22 Mar, 2017, 05.50 PM IST
Copper softens in futures trade on overseas cuesCopper futures traded a shade lower at Rs 439.20 per kg as speculators trimmed positions amidst a weak trend in global markets.
28 Jul, 2014, 11.31 AM IST
Copper futures slide 1.86% on weak overseas cuesCopper prices slide by 1.86 per cent to Rs 400.20 per kg in futures trade today as speculators trimmed their positions.
24 Jun, 2013, 12.53 PM IST
Copper futures up on global cuesAt the Multi Commodity Exchange, copper for delivery in June traded higher by Rs 2.95 to Rs 419.85 per kg in business turnover of 5,734 lot...
11 Jun, 2013, 11.29 AM IST
- Copper futures up on global cues
Copper prices moved up by 0.12 per cent to Rs 420.25 per kg in futures trade today as speculators created fresh positions.
31 May, 2013, 02.39 PM IST
Copper, nickel prices weaken on global cues, subdued demandCopper and nickel prices showed weakness today, largely in line with a weakening overseas trend as prices fell by Rs 5 per kg.
30 May, 2013, 05.24 PM IST
Copper futures marginally up on short-coveringAt the Multi Commodity Exchange, copper for delivery in August rose by Re one, or 0.24 per cent, to Rs 417.95 per kg, with a turnover of 20...
29 May, 2013, 12.53 PM IST