Base Metals Top Stories

Trafigura-backed Finnish miner Terrafame to build EV battery plant

"Our goal is to complete the plant by the end of 2020, with commercial production commencing at the start of 2021," Joni Lukkaroinen, CEO of Terrafame

Reuters | October 26, 2018 | 12:23 pm

Azimut, SOQUEM make major discovery at Munischiwan

Gold-copper-silver mineralization discovered at Azimut’s Munischiwan property in the James…

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 26, 2018 | 11:33 am

Mining tech firm Outotec warns on project problems, shares plunge

Malfunctioning furnaces tank Outotec's shares.

Reuters | October 26, 2018 | 10:52 am

Namibia scraps black ownership rules for mining exploration licences

Rules threaten the diamond and uranium producer's ability to attract…

Reuters | October 26, 2018 | 10:26 am

Glencore posts rise in copper, cobalt output on Katanga restart

Glencore's copper production rose to 1,063,100 tonnes from the start…

Reuters | October 26, 2018 | 9:29 am

Chile port workers stage protests, threatening commodity exports

The Ventanas port is a major hub for exporting both copper and lithium.

Bloomberg News | April 4, 2024 | 6:50 am

New technology uses sand to store renewable energy

Particle thermal energy storage doesn’t rely on rare earth metals or materials that have complex and unsustainable supply chains.

Staff Writer | April 4, 2024 | 6:06 am

Japanese copper smelters’ H1 output seen rising 4.2% y/y

Sumitomo expects a 21% surge in first-half output following a two-month maintenance shutdown at its Toyo smelter.

Reuters | April 4, 2024 | 5:34 am

Congo suspends ERG subcontractors at major cobalt mine

The allegations mark the latest sign of frayed relations between ERG and the Central African nation.

Bloomberg News | April 4, 2024 | 5:12 am

Brazilian court suspends Vale’s Onca Puma mine operating licence again

Brazil's Para state won an appeal overturning a previous court ruling that had given back operating licences.

Reuters | April 4, 2024 | 4:10 am

Copper price jumps to new 14-month high on supply risks, demand hopes

Prices climbed as much 1.5% on Thursday after dovish comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

Bloomberg News | April 4, 2024 | 3:38 am

Uganda to launch first domestic tin processing plant next month

Woodcross Resources, a Uganda-based mining and mineral trading company, owns the plant.

Reuters | April 4, 2024 | 3:33 am

Barrick eyes Peru growth amid global asset expansion

The company, which was the country's second top gold producer until 2018, has applied for a new concession in the southern Puno district.

Staff Writer | April 4, 2024 | 3:20 am

US asks Mexico to conduct review of workers’ rights at Tizapa mine

Los Mineros labor union alleges Industrias Peñoles violated workers’ freedom of association and collective bargaining rights at the company's mine in Zacazonapan.

Reuters | April 3, 2024 | 12:50 pm

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