Base Metals Top Stories

Trump escalates feud with Turkey, imposing higher metals tariffs

Trump's move sendsReut Turkey's lira currency deeper into tailspin

Reuters | August 10, 2018 | 11:19 am

Barrick ‘was almost dead’: Thornton pulls no punches on gold miner’s missteps

Barrick's plan going forward includes increasing its portfolio of so-called…

Bloomberg News | August 10, 2018 | 8:37 am

Global bauxite production to grow: Fitch

Fitch Solutions Macro Research states that bauxite production growth will…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | August 10, 2018 | 7:20 am

Vedanta’s suspends operations at Zambian unit after worker killed in accident

Vedanta Resources' Zambian unit said its Konkola Copper Mine operations…

Reuters | August 9, 2018 | 11:50 am

Nevsun asks shareholders to reject Lundin’s hostile bid

Canadian miner Nevsun Resources Ltd on Thursday urged its shareholders…

Reuters | August 9, 2018 | 10:19 am

Fatal blast in Indonesia puts battery metal ambitions in spotlight ahead of presidential vote

Some 200 million Indonesians will vote for a new leader next month.

Bloomberg News | January 5, 2024 | 10:11 am

Blade runners: how LFP batteries brought EV metal markets back to earth

In a few short years, LFP batteries crushed nickel and cobalt mining markets and new technology could do the same to lithium.

Frik Els | January 5, 2024 | 9:48 am

First Quantum said to be in talks with Jiangxi over Zambian mines

The rumoured negotiations could see Jiangxi buying one of the two mines First Quantum has in Zambia, or a stake in one of them.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 5, 2024 | 9:03 am

Copper prices fall on stronger US dollar

Copper prices fell as reduced bets for an early Fed interest rate cut lifted the dollar.

Staff Writer | January 5, 2024 | 4:51 am

Freeport Indonesia requests export ban exemption beyond May 2024

The company's smelter will not reach full capacity before December.

Reuters | January 5, 2024 | 3:10 am

Cordoba rises on $40 million for Colombian copper project

The latest installment from JCHX bolsters Cordoba’s financial standing as it seeks to reorganize its debt.

Henry Lazenby | January 4, 2024 | 2:42 pm

Buenaventura sees Antofagasta as ally in copper growth plans

While the Lima-based company is known mainly for its precious metal mines, it also owns 20% of the giant Cerro Verde copper mine operated by Freeport-McMoRan.

Bloomberg News | January 4, 2024 | 12:43 pm

CMOC takes Glencore’s cobalt crown as output jumps 170%

Hong Kong-listed CMOC produced 55,526 tons of cobalt in 2023, it said in a filing.

Bloomberg News | January 4, 2024 | 10:11 am

Pentagon to deliver report on domestic seafloor mining by March

Last month, members of Congress wrote urging the Department of Defense to prioritize planning for seabed mining as a "new vector of competition."

Staff Writer | January 4, 2024 | 9:57 am

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