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World’s Biggest Miners Want More Copper But Nobody’s Selling

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – It’s the mining world’s biggest dilemma: everyone’s hunting for copper deals, but even the richest producers just can’t pull the trigger. The largest miners all say they’re bullish on copper and looking for growth in the metal that’s forecast to be in ever-greater demand as cities expand and electric vehicles gain traction. The industry has deep pockets for deals right now — Rio Tinto Group may end the year…

Fed’s Powell Says Gradual Rate Hikes Are the Best Path `For Now’

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank will continue to gradually raise interest rates “for now’’ to keep inflation near target amid a strong U.S. labor market. The Federal Open Market Committee, the Fed panel that sets interest rates, “believes that — for now — the best way forward is to keep gradually raising the federal funds rate,” Powell said in prepared testimony before the Senate Banking Committee. “We…

Iron Ore Beats Back Bears as Trade Fight Batters Commodities

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Iron ore’s become the odd man out as a spike in global trade tensions hurts commodities, with importers in top user China scooping up cargoes to feed booming mills and the government intensifying an anti-pollution drive. That’s helped benchmark prices to stay the course. While copper in London is headed for a sixth weekly drop and the Bloomberg Commodity Index has swooned from a May peak, spot 62 percent iron ore…

Want to Know Where Blockchain and Bitcoin Are Headed?

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – TheStreet’s Jordan French visits South Korea for Blockchain Week. What do the country’s unbridled markets and monopolistic corporate dynasties portend for the future of cryptocurrencies? Blockchain has become a global phenomenon and Asian businesses and investors are now in the thick of it. Investors in South Korea were among those that were captivated by cryptocurrency craze and that country’s increased regulations haven’t stopped its citizens from participating. South Korea…

China Battles France for Business in Former African Colonies

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ABIDJAN (Capital Markets in Africa) – When Ivory Coast put out a tender to build a bridge over the lagoon in its commercial hub of Abidjan, 10 out of the 18 companies that expressed interest were either Chinese firms or in partnership with them. China State Construction Engineering Corp. won the contract in May. The 109 billion CFA francs ($191 million) deal highlighted China’s growing muscle in a part of Africa that until recently its…

U.S. Senators Revive Bill to Counter OPEC `Price Fixing’

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, along with a fellow Republican and two Democratic lawmakers, introduced legislation in the Senate that’s aimed at allowing the government to bring lawsuits against OPEC members for antitrust violations. Lawmakers in the other chamber of Congress, the House of Representatives, already introduced a version of the “No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act,” or NOPEC, bill in May. Congress has discussed various forms of NOPEC legislation…

Lundin Bid for Nevsun Turns Hostile With $1.1 Billion Offer

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – Lundin Mining Corp.’s effort to acquire Nevsun Resources Ltd.went hostile with a plan to make a C$1.4 billion ($1.1 billion) all-cash offer for the owner of the prized Timok copper-gold deposit in Serbia after its previous attempts were spurned. Lundin said Monday in a statement it will offer C$4.75 a share, representing a premium of about 13 percent to Monday’s closing price. The Toronto-based miner controlled by Swedish-Canadian billionaire Lukas Lundin intends to commence…

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