1.   In NEW YORK, copper fell to a four-month low as demand slows and expanded mining operations make more supplies available.

2.   Mocatta management wanted a new owner with mining finance operations, a larger balance sheet and a better rating than Standard Chartered, he said.

3.   Mocatta management wanted a new owner with mining finance operations, a stronger balance sheet and a better rating than Standard Chartered, he said.

4.   It said the reservoir had been repaired and that its copper, lead and zinc mining operations had been temporarily suspended.

5.   Elsewhere, Sherritt Inc., a Canadian mining company, said it had reached an agreement to set up a joint venture nickel and cobalt mining operation in Cuba.

6.   Sherritt Inc., a Canadian mining company, said Friday it had reached an agreement to set up a joint venture nickel and cobalt mining operation in Cuba.

7.   The money will go to refugee housing, health care, rehabilitation of war injured and mine sweeping operations.