Friday, April 13, 2007

Copper Heads for Its Sixth Weekly Gain in London on Grasberg Mine Dispute

(Bloomberg) -- Copper rose, heading for a sixth consecutive weekly gain on speculation that supply won't meet demand as workers at Indonesia's Grasberg mine, the world's second-largest copper mine, plan a protest over wages.

The ``rally'' starting April 18 will last until management gives written commitments on the workers' demands, said Frans Pigome, head of Tongoi Papua, the local group behind the action. The group planned a ``peaceful demonstration,'' said Mindo Pangaribuan, a spokesman for mine owner Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.


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