Base Metals Top Stories

Mining offers private equity opportunities despite recovery – Denham

Private equity still has significant opportunities to invest in mining as companies cut debt and rebuild their balance sheets even as the sector recovers, mining specialist Denham Capital said.

Reuters | July 11, 2018 | 2:49 pm

Foreign investment in Chile surges due to new law – government

Foreign direct investment in Chile hit $8.48 billion from January…

Reuters | July 11, 2018 | 1:20 pm

Copper price plunges to 1-year low

Metal market mayhem with $13 billion worth of copper futures…

Frik Els | July 11, 2018 | 12:07 pm

Experts come up with plan for protecting deep-sea life from mining

An international group of researches have recommended 18 quantitative metrics…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 11, 2018 | 9:58 am

Trump started the metals rally, now he’s the reason it’s ending

The U.S. election of Donald Trump lit a fire under…

Bloomberg News | July 11, 2018 | 4:34 am

Cornish Metals starts dewatering UK tin mine

The process, expected to take 18 months, is a key part of of Cornish Metals’ efforts to reopen the South Crofty tin-copper mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 26, 2023 | 6:49 am

Machine learning helps Earth AI find high-grade molybdenum in unexpected place

Earth AI announced the first discovery of a greenfield molybdenum deposit using artificial intelligence.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 26, 2023 | 6:25 am

Teck shares are back where they started before Glencore offer

Despite Tuesday’s sharp drop, Teck has still outperformed most of its rivals this year.

Bloomberg News | October 25, 2023 | 3:37 pm

Trafigura denies knowing that nickel deals with Gupta were fake

One of the world’s largest commodity traders revealed it had lost more than half a billion dollars after buying cargoes of nickel from Gupta’s companies, only to discover that they contained much lower value materials.

Bloomberg News | October 25, 2023 | 2:37 pm