Episode 54: The base metal bonanza ft. copper and zinc

Matt is flying solo this week due to scheduling conflicts, but fear not, Lesley will return with rock talk about the Geology Corner next episode. Meanwhile, we get serious about base metals with a round-up of analyst and industry commentary on the two major players to start 2017: copper and zinc. Matt digs into major copper supply disruptions at BHP Billiton's (NYSE: BHP; LON: BLT) Escondida mega mine in Chile, Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) Grabserg operation in Indonesia and Cerro Verde mine in Peru, and breaking news that Grupo Mexico's Southern Copper (NYSE: SCCO) may be preparing for labor disputes at its Toquepala and Cuajone mines in southern Peru. We also talk economics at HudBay Minerals' (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) Rosemont copper project in Arizona. We hear from AuRico Metals' (TSX: AMI; US-OTC: ARCTF) president and CEO Chris Richter on what he's hearing in terms of copper markets and the company's Kemess copper-gold project in northern B.C. On the zinc side, Matt digs into falling Treatment Charges (TC) and Refining Charges (RC), and what the tea leaves are saying about the industrial metal. We review some analysts notes on zinc, and talk to Trevali Mining (TSX: TV) president and CEO Dr. Mark Cruise about near-term supply concerns. Timeline: Macro economic roundup: 1:20 Copper round-up and analysis: 3:30 HudBay Minerals' Rosemont copper project: 6:18 AuRico CEO Chris Richter talks copper: 9:25 Zinc round-up and analysis: 10:56 Trevali CEO Dr. Mark Cruise talks zinc: 16:45 TNM/PwC round table on capital allocation: 22:04 Articles referenced: AllianceBernstein: More investment in copper needed: http://www.northernminer.com/news/investment-copper-needed-alliancebernstein-analyst-says/1003785134/ AuRico CEO Richter on Kemess permits, royalty strategy: http://www.northernminer.com/news/aurico-ceo-permitting-kemess-royalty-strategy/1003784598/ Trevali CEO discusses Glencore deal, zinc markets: www.northernminer.com/news/trevali-c…ts/1003784876/ PDAC 2017: Copper, zinc looking good for 2017: www.northernminer.com/commodities-ma…17/1003784440/ Robert Friedland, Lukas Lundin to be featured speakers at TNM’s Canadian Mining Symposium in London: www.northernminer.com/stock-markets-…on/1003784168/ Music Credit: Energy Recorded by Bensound (www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/energy) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0