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Report: China's Citic Metal Among Parties Interested In Acquiring Freeport-McMoRan's Mining Operations Minority Stake
Friday, May 27, 2016 - 10:51am | 192Freeport-McMoRan Inc (NYSE: FCX) is holding talks with potential buyers for a minority stake in its North and South American operations as part of a strategy to shed assets to lower its debt load, according to Bloomberg. Bloomberg reported Thursday evening that Freeport-McMoRan has received...
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Why Everybody Is After Niobium: A Commodity 'No One Knows About'
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 - 11:09am | 527The ongoing slump in commodity prices has tested even the best in the business, but there is one commodity that is gaining a lot of interest. It is called niobium, a chemical element with symbol Nb and atomic number 41. It is named after Greek goddess Niobe, the daughter of Tantalus. The metal is...