Latin aes originally was "copper," but this was extended to its alloy with tin (see bronze), and as this was far more extensively used than pure copper, the word's primary sense shifted to the alloy and a new word evolved for "copper," from the Latin form of the name of the island of Cyprus, where copper was mined (the alchemists associated copper with Venus).Īes passed into Germanic (which originally did not distinguish copper from its alloys) and became English ore. Malleable metallic element, noted for its peculiar red color, tenacity, malleability, and electric conductivity, late Old English coper, from Proto-Germanic *kupar (source also of Middle Dutch koper, Old Norse koparr, Old High German kupfar), from Late Latin cuprum, contraction of Latin Cyprium (aes) "Cyprian (metal)," after Greek Kyprios "Cyprus" (see Cyprus).Īncient Greek had khalkos "ore, copper, bronze " an old IE word for "ore, copper, bronze" is retained in Sanskrit ayah, Latin aes. :: : Na-Latin natrium, K-latin kalium, W-german wolfram, Fe-latin ferrum, Cu-latin cuprum, Ag-latin argentum, Au-latin aurum, Hg-latin hydrargyrum, Pb-latin plumbum, Sb-latin stibium These are names of elements whose symbols do not correspond. In August 2015 the Group's independent shareholders voted to approve the major restructuring as a result of which the Group de-merged into 2 separate independent companies : private company Kazakhmys Corporation with assets in Zhezkazgan and Balkhash regions run by Cuprum Holding, a company whose principal shareholder is Vladimir Kim, the CEO of Kazakhmys Corporation is Eduard Ogay and a public company KAZ Minerals PLC. In 2002, plans were put forward to demolishing the Davaar housing tower of the complex with a view to removing the remaining two at a later stage this decision was later reversed when a development company removed the southern section of the shopping and commercial centre in 2004 and replaced it with the 20-storey Argyle Building private housing development and Cuprum office block.
In February 2014 the company announced plans for major restructuring, and on 15 August 2014 independent shareholders of Kazakhmys PLC approved a major restructuring of the Group whereby Kazakhmys PLC disposed of a number of mature assets primarily in the Zhezkazgan and Central Regions to Cuprum Holding, a company whose principal shareholder is Vladimir Kim. "A cut of 25 points isn't important enough to attract the pension funds, " some of which have even sold shares since the rate cut, said Francisco Skinner, head of investment at pension fund AFP Cuprum, which manages assets of $ 5.1 billion. Shares in Cuprum SA, one of Chile's private pension funds, rose 5.45 percent to 8600, while shares in Empresa Electrica Colbun Machicura SA, or Colbun, Chile's third-largest electricity generator, rose 2.14 percent to 35.75. "If we've learned any lesson this time around, it's that if the board had been better, none of this would have happened, " said Axel Christensen, head of research at Chilean pension fund AFP Cuprum. Through overseas trade, the island has given its name to the Classical Latin word for copper through the phrase " aes Cyprium ", " metal of Cyprus ", later shortened to " Cuprum ".ĬTC's market bellwether " A " shares gained 0.6 percent to 1, 840 pesos, driving much of the IPSA's gain, said Arturo Curtze, a trader with local private pension fund AFP Cuprum.
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