Base Metals Top Stories

Australia flooding to disrupt lead, zinc concentrate rail shipments

The 1,000 km (620 mile) rail line is used by miners including Glencore, MMG Ltd and South 32 to carry zinc and lead concentrate from the Mt Isa region.

Reuters | February 13, 2019 | 9:51 am

Peru environmental watchdog rules out tailings spill at Southern Copper mine

Peru's environmental regulator OEFA has concluded that mining waste from…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 13, 2019 | 9:45 am

Barrick Gold posts $1.2 billion quarterly loss, sees cost rising in 2019

The company pinned the cost increases partly on mining ending…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 13, 2019 | 6:46 am

Teck misses Q4 profit estimates on lower copper, zinc and oil prices

Canada’s largest diversified miner saw its quarterly profit drop 41.5 %…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 13, 2019 | 5:08 am

Cost parity by ‘early 2020s’ will be electric vehicle tipping point

Improving battery technologies will mean that even long-haul trucks could…

Frik Els | February 12, 2019 | 10:17 pm

Elliott steps in to back faltering Canadian copper miner after bankruptcy

Before Monday’s bankruptcy filing, Nevada Copper had attracted two bidders though it failed to close a deal with either one.

Bloomberg News | June 11, 2024 | 10:25 am

Freeport-McMoRan looking for ways to expand copper production, CEO says

The company isn’t under pressure to follow rivals like BHP in seeking acquisitions, and will instead focus on innovation to grow production and lower costs, CEO Kathleen Quirk said.

Bloomberg News | June 11, 2024 | 10:10 am

Kamoa-Kakula is now world’s third-largest copper mining complex

Ivanhoe Mines has achieved first concentrate production at the Kamoa-Kakula operation’s Phase 3 concentrator.

Staff Writer | June 11, 2024 | 9:58 am

Group Eleven shares leap on high-grade zinc-lead hits at Ballywire in Ireland

One hole returned 29.6 metres grading 4% zinc, 6.6% lead, 78 grams silver per tonne and 0.15% copper from 283.4 metres depth.

Blair McBride | June 11, 2024 | 8:49 am

Anglo Asian nets $5 million prepayment from Trafigura for copper sale

Anglo's Azerbaijan-based subsidiary will receive $3 million immediately and a further $2 million upon resumption of flotation processing.

Staff Writer | June 11, 2024 | 8:12 am

Indonesia considers terminating permits for some nickel pig iron production

The world's biggest nickel producer is experiencing a rapid depletion of ore after a surge in downstream investment.

Reuters | June 11, 2024 | 7:48 am

Lawsuit targets Adventus and Salazar’s Ecuador project permit

A group of locals has requested a provincial judge to scrap the environmental permit for the miners’ Curipamba-El Domo copper-gold project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 11, 2024 | 5:24 am

Rio Tinto to buy Mitsubishi’s near 12% stake in Boyne Smelters

In late May, Rio signed a deal to buy Sumitomo Chemical's 2.46% interest in the venture.

Reuters | June 10, 2024 | 3:53 pm

Codelco copper output hit by lingering effects of rock collapse

El Teniente’s first-half production is tracking lower than the same period last year as it repairs areas of the underground operation affected by the collapse last June.

Bloomberg News | June 10, 2024 | 3:49 pm

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