China demand pushes up these two miners

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AMERIGO RESOURCES $0.88 (Toronto symbol ARG; SI Rating: Speculative) (604-681-2802; www.amerigoresources.com; Shares outstanding: 170.9 million; Market cap: $150.4 million; No dividends paid) has moved up 52% since June on higher copper prices. Copper is up 38% during that period, to a two-year high of $3.81 U.S. a pound. Rising demand from China is the main reason for the price rise. Amerigo processes copper and molybdenum from the waste rock from Chile’s El Teniente, the world’s largest copper mine. The company gets 94% of its revenue by processing copper. The remaining 6% comes from molybdenum. In the three months ended June 30, 2010, Amerigo’s revenue was $32.4 million, up 79.5% from $18.1 million a year earlier. (All figures except share price and market cap in U.S. dollars.) The company earned $2 million, or $0.01 a share, compared to a loss of $2.3 million, or $0.02 a share. Cash flow was $4.7 million, or $0.03 a share, in the latest quarter. Increased production and higher…