In recent decades, the Gibraltar copper-molybdenum mine near this Western community was perceived as a "swing producer" - a term used when operators run a mine hard to squeeze out as much profit as possible when metal prices are high, only to suspend operations when prices fall below the costs of production. A boom-and-bust modus operandi is not what Russell Hallbauer had in mind when he left a senior management position at Teck Cominco (TEK.B-T, TCKBF-O) in mid-2005 to take the helm of Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X), an emerging copper producer that has operated the 30-year-old mine in partnership with contract miner Ledcor CMI since late 2004.
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机译：近几十年来，在这个西方社区附近的直布罗陀铜钼矿被认为是“摇摆生产商”（swing producer）。当金属价格高企时，经营者经营矿山时难以榨取尽可能多的利润，只是中止经营当价格低于生产成本时。 Russell Hallbauer于2005年中期离开Teck Cominco（TEK.BT，TCKBF-O）的高级管理职位接任Taseko Mines（TKO-T）的掌舵人时，脑海中并没有想到繁荣与萧条的作风（TGB-X），这是一家新兴的铜生产商，自2004年底以来与合同矿商Ledcor CMI合作运营了拥有30年历史的铜矿。
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