Base Metals Top Stories

Central Asia Metals hunts for acquisitions

Base metals under pressure from trade tensions.

Reuters | September 19, 2018 | 9:57 am

Metminco jumps into the battery metals wagon with nickel project buy

Until now, the Australian miner had been advancing exploration projects…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 19, 2018 | 6:00 am

Top nickel miners ranked

Vale on top.

Michael McCrae | September 18, 2018 | 1:01 pm

Nickel’s “electric premium” crushed by trade tensions

Nickel has finally succumbed to the base metals price rout.

Reuters | September 18, 2018 | 12:44 pm

Indonesia issues new rules for commodity exporters as rupiah slides

Indonesia has laid out new rules for commodities exporters to…

Reuters | September 18, 2018 | 11:21 am

Mongolia needs mining investments ramp up to meet GDP target – finance minister

The country derives a quarter of its gross domestic product and 90% of exports from mining.

Reuters | January 9, 2024 | 9:23 am

Battery metal price plunge is closing mines and stalling deals

Junior producers have been particularly hard hit.

Bloomberg News | January 9, 2024 | 8:59 am

Avino gets community ok to develop La Preciosa

La Preciosa hosts one of Mexico's largest undeveloped primary silver resources and is located about 19km from the company's Avino mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 9, 2024 | 5:58 am

Alcoa to cut Kwinana refinery production in phased-out shutdown

It will begin curtailment of the Western Australia refinery in the second quarter, and cease all output of alumina by the third.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 9, 2024 | 3:29 am

New critical mineral mines in British Columbia could generate nearly $600 billion, study says

Mansfield Consulting examined 14 potential critical mineral mines and two mine extensions, and found the long-term economic impact of operations over several decades could be nearly C$800 billion ($599bn).

Amanda Stutt | January 8, 2024 | 1:28 pm

QC Copper says Opemiska resource tops 1.88 billion lb. copper, 915,000 oz. gold

The Opemiska project includes the former Springer and Perry copper-gold mines, operated by Falconbridge from 1953 to 1991.

Staff Writer | January 8, 2024 | 11:21 am

US Supreme Court dismisses Alaska’s bid to keep Pebble project alive

The proposed mine in the Bristol Bay area would have become the largest copper, gold and molybdenum extraction site in North America.

Staff Writer | January 8, 2024 | 10:48 am

Goldman veteran Jeff Currie remains bullish on commodities this year

Demand for raw materials is at record levels, inventories are low, and spare production capacity is largely “exhausted,” the veteran analyst said.

Bloomberg News | January 8, 2024 | 9:33 am

Ivanhoe eyes higher copper output at Kamoa-Kakula

It produced 393,551 tonnes of the metal last year, an 18% increase from 2022, and it expects to churn out 440,000-490,000 tonnes this year.

Staff Writer | January 8, 2024 | 9:13 am

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