…  see how uranium prices would fall, even though the cost of mining uranium may decline in a deflationary environment.” 2006 Metals …  price of $1.28/lb. After a topsy-turvy year, copper is trading at $2.85/lb after beginning 2006 at $2.07/lb and hitting …

…  talk it might intervene in the agreed $25.9bn offer by copper miner Freeport McMoRan for larger rival Phelps Dodge. Overall leading …  lost 3.25p to 15.25p on news that China’s Zijin Mining had decided not to take a 10% stake in the company, after conducting due …