Machine lifts newly molded anode sample at copper smelting plant, Philippines.
A machine at the Philippine Associated Smelting and Refining Corp. lifts a newly molded anode sample at the copper smelting plant in Isabel town, Leyte Island in central Philippines, May 20, 2005. PASAR, the country's lone copper producer, will raise copper capacity by 25 percent through a $53 million cash injection from its major shareholder, Switzerland-based commodity trader Glencore International AG. Picture taken May 20, 2005 REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo CR/mk