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New Phelps Dodge power plant to come online by mid-year

US COPPER producer Phelps Dodge said production may still be cut at three of its mines even though a new 50MW power plant is scheduled to be completed mid-year.

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The natural gas fired turbine will produce half the energy required to run the 130,000 tonne a year Chino mine and Hurley smelter near Santa Rita, New Mexico. In January, the world's number two copper...

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