Base Metals Top Stories

Vale told to pay $26.8m in damages to indigenous tribes

The company's Onça Puma nickel mines blamed for contaminating the Catete river, which prosecutors said had a "severe" impact on the Xikrin and Kayapo tribes.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 19, 2018 | 3:28 am

Montana Resources uses high tech to solve bird problem

Since the mid-1990s, the company has run a waterfowl observation…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | November 18, 2018 | 11:48 am

Iran to develop small-scale gold mines

The Hassan Rouhani government is kickstarting a program for the…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | November 18, 2018 | 9:54 am

Congo lifts export ban on Glencore’s copper and cobalt unit

Katanga Mining and its Kamoto copper and cobalt mine is…

Bloomberg News | November 16, 2018 | 1:51 pm

Lundin confirms job cuts at Chile’s Candelaria copper mine

Canadian miner Lundin is cutting 106 jobs at its Candelaria…

Reuters | November 16, 2018 | 12:59 pm

Global nickel market sees 13,400t surplus in January – INSG

The nickel market surplus widened last year to 238,800 tonnes from 103,900 tonnes in 2022.

Reuters | March 21, 2024 | 9:22 am

Glencore halts major zinc-lead mine in Australia after heavy rainfall

The suspension could exacerbate a tightened supply of zinc concentrates.

Reuters | March 21, 2024 | 8:42 am

Brewer’s yeast helps recover metals from e-waste

Researchers have found a way of selectively capturing metals from a waste stream using spent brewer's yeast.

Staff Writer | March 21, 2024 | 6:06 am

Copper price resumes rally as Fed rate signals boost industrial metals

The metal has gained more than 10% over the past six weeks, boosted by supply risks.

Bloomberg News | March 21, 2024 | 5:59 am

France sets end March deadline for New Caledonia nickel deal

Under the proposed deal, the French state would subsidize energy prices alongside local authorities up to 200 million euros a year.

Reuters | March 21, 2024 | 5:49 am

British Columbia funds new extraction technology

BC invested $630,000 from the Province’s Innovative Clean Energy Fund in cleantech startup pH7 Technologies to conduct a pilot project.

Staff Writer | March 20, 2024 | 4:44 pm

Alaska governor calls on Biden to update mine permit process

Governor Dunleavy sued Biden last week for the president's 2023 decision to block the giant Pebble project. The suit seeks more than $700 billion.

Reuters | March 20, 2024 | 3:38 pm

China’s copper smelters to discuss fees as crisis roils sector

Smelters including Jiangxi Copper and Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group will meet in Shanghai next Thursday, according to Bloomberg.

Bloomberg News | March 20, 2024 | 10:10 am

Barrick looks to explore new gold, copper deposits in the DRC

Last year, Barrick said it intended to search for additional copper deposits in Zambia and the DRC as part of its efforts to expand its presence in the African copper belt.

Staff Writer | March 20, 2024 | 9:30 am

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