Gold at $3,000 per ounce, the loonie at 70 cents, softwood lumber duties at 30 per cent, American tariffs at 25 per cent, new governments in Ottawa and Washington and a struggling Chinese economy: The ...
Both Glencore and Rio own some of the best copper mines in the world. However, Rio — like BHP — still depends heavily on iron ore to drive its profits, at a time when China’s decades-long construction ...