Base Metals Top Stories

Waterton steps up efforts to oust Hudbay Minerals CEO, board of directors

Toronto-based private-equity firm Waterton Global Resource Management is pushing for an overhaul of Hudbay Minerals’ board and the exit of the CEO, Alan Hair, over alleged "mismanagement."

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 19, 2019 | 4:55 am

BHP urges miners to create global body to oversee tailings dams

CEO Andrew Mackenzie said it was too early to say…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 19, 2019 | 3:20 am

These 20 analysts forecast gold price above $1,400 in 2019

Two-thirds of 30 analysts polled by the LBMA see double…

Frik Els | February 18, 2019 | 3:36 pm

Copper cops play game of cat and mouse around desert convoys

The new police unit has already had some success, arresting…

Bloomberg News | February 18, 2019 | 2:00 pm

How South African mines cope with power cuts

The utility gives the industry notice to reduce their power…

Reuters | February 18, 2019 | 12:33 pm

Column: Booming CME contract a sign of aluminum’s Atlantic drift

Activity on the CME's aluminum contract has shifted up several gears in recent months.

Reuters | March 8, 2024 | 9:32 am

Column: Nickel rout is energy-transition warning for West

Western governments could mimic Indonesia by granting tax holidays to critical minerals operations.

Reuters | March 8, 2024 | 9:28 am

Taseko posts record revenue in 2023, sets target for first copper production at Florence

The company is expecting first production from its fully permitted Florence copper project in Arizona in the fourth quarter of 2025.

Staff Writer | March 8, 2024 | 8:51 am

Copper fees plunge close to zero in test for China’s smelters

China’s copper smelters are at a critical juncture after fees for processing imported ore collapsed to single figures.

Bloomberg News | March 8, 2024 | 7:53 am

Peru copper output seen growing to 3mt in 2024, minister says

The Chalcobamba project is expected to help Las Bambas eventually boost its output to approximately 400,000 tons of copper annually.

Reuters | March 8, 2024 | 7:26 am

AI can potentially estimate global environmental destruction due to road development for mining

Australia-based researchers trained three machine-learning models to automatically map road features in rural, generally remote and often forested areas.

Staff Writer | March 8, 2024 | 6:06 am