Metal Bulletin deputy editor Fleur Ritzema takes a look back at some of the key stories from the past week.

A hedging campaign by small-cap gold, silver and copper producer Dundee Precious Metals is showing a gross return of about 20%, following the collapse in copper prices since the start of the year, according to Hotline’s estimates.

China Minmetals-owned MMG said its Las Bambas project in Peru was 80% complete at the end of December 2014 and it continues to expect its first copper concentrate in the first quarter of 2016.

Metal Bulletin reviews the biggest news and price moves from the metal market over the past week.

A letter to Metal Bulletin from Anthony Lipmann.

Peru’s Toromocho mine will start commercial production in the first quarter of 2015 after improvements to its processing plant are finished, according to Chinalco.

CaNickel Mining Ltd has appointed Kevin Zhu as ceo following Wenfeng Liu’s decision to relinquish the role.

Good morning from Metal Bulletin's London offices, bringing you the key moves and price moves at the start of the Asian day.

Hotline takes a look back at the jaw-dropping moments of 2014.

Base metals prices were rangebound on a lack of volume in official trading on the London Metal Exchange on Monday December 22, with small dips in copper prices almost offering positive arbitrage with Chinese prices.