Base Metals Top Stories

Doubts cast on plans for deluge of new nickel supply

Expectations of a supply avalanche hitting the nickel market next year due to new capacity in Indonesia have sent prices to seven-month lows, but analysts doubt the plans spearheaded by Chinese firms can be carried out so quickly.

Reuters | November 21, 2018 | 9:41 am

BHP searching for assets with lessons learned during downturn in mind

The company’s chief financial officer has outlined a detailed plan…

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 21, 2018 | 8:30 am

Altiplano gets creative amid low copper prices

Lower-grade shoulders are being left on the walls and only…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 21, 2018 | 6:30 am

Pebble mine scores small win in land deal with Alaskan landowners

Deal with the Alaska Peninsula Corporation (APC) secures the company's…

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 21, 2018 | 6:30 am

Nornickel aims to boost output to tap electric car boom

Nornickel’s current capex plan includes $6.5-7.5 billion for its base…

Reuters | November 21, 2018 | 3:29 am

Goldman says commodities to gain as central banks cut rates

Among Goldman’s year-end forecasts, copper was seen at $10,000 a ton, aluminum at $2,600 a ton, and gold at $2,300 an ounce.

Bloomberg News | March 25, 2024 | 5:49 am

Cocoa is more expensive than copper as it tops $9,000

Futures are up about 50% this month alone and have more than doubled already this year.

Bloomberg News | March 25, 2024 | 5:44 am

China’s top miner says it ‘will be targeted’ amid US risks

Zijin Mining has warned that US-led efforts to tackle Beijing’s control of minerals could slow the company’s global expansion.

Bloomberg News | March 25, 2024 | 5:36 am

Taseko to become sole owner of Gibraltar mine

It will pay $86m over a period of ten years for the remaining 12.5% of Canada's second largest open-pit copper mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 25, 2024 | 3:41 am

Ecuadorian human rights organization denounces criminalization of anti-mining protest

Ecuador’s Ecumenical Human Rights Commission denounced law enforcement agents' criminalization of anti-mining protests.

Staff Writer | March 24, 2024 | 9:30 am

Fortescue eyes developing its copper assets, not looking at Cobre Panama

"When we feel the time is right, we'll pull the trigger," Andrew Forrest said during a visit to Beijing.

Reuters | March 23, 2024 | 4:29 pm

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Doubts cast on plans for deluge of new nickel supply

BHP searching for assets with lessons learned during downturn in mind

Altiplano gets creative amid low copper prices

Pebble mine scores small win in land deal with Alaskan landowners

Nornickel aims to boost output to tap electric car boom

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Goldman says commodities to gain as central banks cut rates

Cocoa is more expensive than copper as it tops $9,000

China’s top miner says it ‘will be targeted’ amid US risks

Taseko to become sole owner of Gibraltar mine

Ecuadorian human rights organization denounces criminalization of anti-mining protest

Fortescue eyes developing its copper assets, not looking at Cobre Panama

Human rights court orders Peru to pay damages to mining town

Column: Copper registers strongest seasonal Shanghai stocks build

Graphic: Congo overtakes Peru on copper output, still behind on exports