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Copper

Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu (Latin: cuprum) and atomic number 29. It is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. Pure copper is rather soft and malleable, and a freshly-exposed surface has a pinkish or peachy color. It is used as a thermal conductor, an electrical conductor, a building material, and a constituent of various metal alloys.

 

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Articles About Copper

Volatile Nikkei keeps Asian stocks on edge

By Reuters

Asian stocks fell to one-month lows on Friday and the yen rebounded broadly as extreme volatility in the Nikkei kept investors on edge. (8:56 pm)

MORE TOPICS: GOLD, FEDERAL RESERVE, BEN BERNANKE, JAPAN, BANK OF JAPAN

Asian stocks shaky, Nikkei still seen vulnerable

By Reuters

Japanese stocks turned negative on Friday and the yen reversed early losses, keeping intact worries that the Nikkei's largest one-day drop in two years may be the start of a bigger rout. (3:28 pm)

MORE TOPICS: FEDERAL RESERVE, BEN BERNANKE, JAPAN, BANK OF JAPAN

Telecom Italia puts off network decision to May 30

By Reuters UK

Telecom Italia <TLIT.MI> has pushed to the end of the month a decision on whether to spin off its fixed-line access network, which is proving more complex than expected due to political and regulatory considerations. (4:28 am)

MORE TOPICS: TELECOMS, MANAGEMENT

Global shares sink on U.S. stimulus pullback, Chinese growth fears

By Reuters

Share markets fell sharply on Thursday as investors piled back into safer assets, unnerved by the twin setbacks of unexpected weakness in China's economy and signals that the U.S. central bank may soon scale back its stimulus program. (May 23)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, JAPAN, BANK OF JAPAN, EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK, LONDON

Shares sink on U.S. stimulus pullback, Chinese growth fears

By Reuters

Share markets fell sharply on Thursday as investors piled back into safer assets, unnerved by the twin setbacks of unexpected weakness in China's economy and signals that the U.S. central bank may soon scale back its stimulus program. (May 23)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, JAPAN, BANK OF JAPAN, EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK, LONDON

China factory activity shrinks for first time in seven months - flash PMI

By Reuters UK

China's factory activity shrank for the first time in seven months in May as new orders fell, a preliminary manufacturing survey showed, entrenching fears that its economic recovery has stalled and that a sharper cooldown may be imminent. (May 23)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, BANK OF AMERICA, HSBC, MERRILL LYNCH, MANUFACTURING, SOUTH KOREA

Gold bullion coins known as Krugerrands are pictured in the mint where they are manufactured in Midrand outside Johannesburg
China Discovers Gold Mine in Northwest With 53 Tonnes Worth of Reserves

By IBTimes AU

China on Wednesday announced it has discovered a gold mine in the Ili Valley in the country's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. With reserves estimated to be at 53 tonnes, the said discovery could translate to an economic value of $3.2 billion. (May 23)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, GOLD, INDIA, KYRGYZSTAN, INVESTMENT

LME copper edges up; growth worries cap gains
Global Markets Overview - 23 May 2013

By IBTimes AU

Stocks ended Wednesday broadly lower after a rollercoaster day of trading, as investors sorted through mixed signals from the Federal Reserve on the outlook for monetary policy. (May 23)

MORE TOPICS: GOLDMAN SACHS, FTSE, HANG SENG INDEX, JAPAN, GOLD, CHINA, GOLD, DOW JONES, JAPAN, FEDERAL RESERVE, BEN BERNANKE

Dollar, German bond yields ease before Bernanke

By Reuters

The dollar and benchmark German debt yields eased on Wednesday as expectations hardened that the head of the U.S. central bank will later in the day signal no tapering back of its ultra-loose monetary policy. (May 22)

MORE TOPICS: GOLD, FEDERAL RESERVE, BEN BERNANKE, MORGAN STANLEY, JAPAN, BANK OF JAPAN

Freeport can't say when Indonesia mine to reopen, confirms 28 dead

By Reuters UK

Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc said it will not restart production at the world's second-largest copper mine in Indonesia after a tunnel collapse that killed 28 workers until it is convinced of the mine's safety. (May 22)

MORE TOPICS: GOLD, DISASTERS, ARIZONA, LONDON