Base Metals Top Stories

Freeport eyes majority stake in Solaris early stage Chile project

The US miner has agreed to a deal that would give it up to 80% in Solaris' Ricardo property.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 18, 2018 | 7:52 am

Canada drops US-made aluminum-can tariff amid beer can shortage

Canada's move to drop a 10 percent duty on U.S.-made…

Reuters | October 18, 2018 | 6:35 am

Spanish environmentalists demand mine closures

The activists expressed their complaints at the European Parliament.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 18, 2018 | 5:00 am

Freeport CEO may be ready to sell, but are there any buyers?

With its biggest stock overhang and a deal around its…

Bloomberg News | October 17, 2018 | 3:04 pm

Glencore chair Tony Hayward latest to drop out of Saudi conference

Another executive pulls out of conference due to widespread concern…

Reuters | October 17, 2018 | 12:55 pm

Nexa Resources eyes expansion in Peru

It's the second application for a concession Nexa has submitted in the last eight days and it targets the mineral-rich Cajamarca region.

Staff Writer | March 25, 2024 | 8:53 am

Aluminum price firms to 11-week high on Yunnan doubts, firm technicals

Prices reached the highest point since January due to concerns about the slow recovery of production in the Chinese province.

Reuters | March 25, 2024 | 7:50 am

Ivanhoe Electric earns into 60% of nickel-copper project in Côte d’Ivoire

A new PEA gave the project a post-tax net present value of $257 million and an internal rate of return of 22.3%.

Staff Writer | March 25, 2024 | 6:46 am

US awards record $6bn to back industrial emissions reduction projects

The initiative, the single largest industrial decarbonization investment in US history, will subsidize 33 industrial projects in 20 states.

Reuters | March 25, 2024 | 5:58 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

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