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Behre Dolbear “Where Not To Invest 2010”

- By: Antonia Corr
Posted in: Blog, Commodities, Exploration, Mining

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Behre Dolbear's ‘2010 Ranking of Countries for Mining Investment’ ranks 25 countries with major mining exploration and operations on seven criteria that focus on “political risk”. Seven criteria look at the country’s economic and political system, the degree to which social issues affect mining, delays in obtaining permits, corruption, the stability of the local currency and the tax regime. For…
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The logic of Vale’s Paranapanema takeover

- By: John P Sykes
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Vale has announced it will buy Brazilian copper smelter-refiner, Paranapanema, for BRL2.01 billion (US$1.14 billion). Paranapanema is Brazil's largest copper smelter-refiner, owning the Caraíba Metais facilities, which also manufacture semi-finished copper products such as rod and wire. Paranpanema also owns CibrafErtil, a phosphate fertiliser plant. With the copper smelting industry facing the double problem of acquiring copper concentrate raw materials…
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