Antofagasta share price edges up ahead of Feb 17 results as copper cools
Antofagasta shares rose 0.3% to 3,722 pence in London ahead of its full-year results, due Tuesday at 7:00 a.m. UK time. Copper prices slipped 0.5% to $12,810 a ton as China’s Lunar New Year holiday thinned trade and global inventories topped 1 million tons. Antofagasta reportedly agreed to $0 treatment charges with some Chinese smelters in December.