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Catches of the week Michael Baros, 15, of Rio Rancho, caught a 24-inch pike at Cochiti Lake using a 2-inch spinner with a copper blade, white body and red dots April 25. Bryan Novotny, of Rio Rancho, caught an 18.75-inch smallmouth bass using a shallow diving lipless crankbait April 21. Christian Carter, of Las Vegas, caught a 4-pound smallmouth bass at Conchas Lake using a crank bait lure April 24. Sabin Pacheco, 9, of Santa Fe, caught a 21-inch rainbow trout at Eagle Nest Lake using green...

By Reuters Staff (Updates with additional data, context on copper slide) SANTIAGO, April 30 (Reuters) - World top copper producer Chile saw output of the red metal fall for the tenth consecutive month in March, government statistics agency INE said on Friday, marking a modest but continual slide in production that began shortly after the coronavirus pandemic struck the country. Copper output fell 1.3% in March, to 491,720 tonnes, the agency said, coinciding with a raft of new restrictions on mo...

Chile output falls for 10th consecutive month, adding fuel to copper price rally Image from Codelco. The world’s top copper producer Chile saw output of the red metal fall for the tenth consecutive month in March, government statistics agency INE said on Friday. Copper output fell 1.3% in March, to 491,720 tonnes, the agency said, coinciding with a raft of new restrictions on movement and commerce, following the Southern Hemisphere’s summer holidays. Sign Up for the Copper Digest Sign U...

● Investors in commodities have tended to stress the importance of economic cycles  ● But decarbonisation and renewable electricity generation could continue to fuel rising  prices for copper, platinum group metals and nickel Environmental activism has become mainstream. A new report by the University of Oxford and United Nations Environment Programme shows $341bn (€290bn) has been set aside for green initiatives by the world’s 50 biggest economies, in $14.6trn of announced stimulus.�...

Vangold Mining Corp.: Robert Sedgemore Engaged as Director of Mill Commissioning Company" or " VanGold") (TSXV:VGLD) is pleased to announce that Robert Sedgemore has joined the VanGold team in Guanajuato, Mexico as Director of Mill Commissioning. As VanGold moves swiftly to placing its recently purchased El Cubo mill back into production, the Company has identified and retained a number of key personnel who will help lead our team on the ground. These three important hires are just some example...

Weekly Fishing Report: April 28, 2021 Los Alamos Daily Post The spring fishing season is in full swing. This is one of the best times to go fishing. The lakes remain cool enough for trout to be active and cruising the shallows looking for food. Insect activity increases and there are hatches of caddis flies and blue-winged olive mayflies happening, triggering surface feeding. Streamflows are rising thanks to the melting snow, but they are still well-below normal. It’s going to be another chal...

Catches of the week Carlos Orona, of Las Cruces, caught an 18-inch 4-pound rainbow trout at Alto Lake using a fly April 15.   Kobie Jojola, of Carlsbad, caught a 3.5-pound largemouth bass at Bataan Lake using a plastic jig April 10.   ................................................................ Robert B., of Albuquerque, caught a 5-pound largemouth bass using a black and blue 5-inch stick worm at Caballo Lake on April 5.   Mitchell Curtis, of Santa Fe, caught a 40-inch pike using a liple...

Weekly Fishing Report: April 20, 2021 Los Alamos Daily Post Despite the recent return of winter weather over the weekend, snowpacks in New Mexico and Southern Colorado remain well- below normal. Streamflows are running less-than normal and reservoir levels are well-below capacity. The outlook for water supply this summer is grim. The fishing is currently pretty good as the lower streamflows favor anglers. The problem is we need those heavy spring runoffs that used to put a damper on spring fis...

Significant wet weather also impacted BHP’s coal operations with the miner lowering its full-year forecasts BHP Group PLC (LON:BHP, ASX:BHP) said total iron ore production grew 4% to 188 million tonnes (Mt) in the nine months to end March 2021, helped by record output at Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO) and expects volumes for the year to come in at the upper half of the 244 Mt to 253 Mt guidance range. The world’s largest listed mining company said WAIO production rose 3% to a recor...

As the third most-consumed metal on the planet, behind iron ore and aluminum, copper is all around us. Found naturally in the Earth’s crust, copper was among the first metals used by early humans, dating back to the 8th century, BC.  Three thousand years later homo sapiens figured out how to smelt copper from its ore, and to alloy it with tin to create bronze. Bronze was useful for tools and weapons, making it one of the most important inventions in the history of civilization. T...