Base Metals Top Stories

Invesco turns to Trump playbook for signs of a metal rebound

Escalating trade conflict between the U.S. and China has sent industrial metals to oversold territory.

Bloomberg News | July 9, 2018 | 10:27 am

Tiger Resources’ $260M Congo asset sale to Chinese firm collapses

Tiger expects to release a new Life of Mine Plan…

Michael Allan McCrae | July 9, 2018 | 8:22 am

Private equity firm to deploy $550 million into mining sector

Targeting close or ready for production.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 9, 2018 | 7:38 am

South Africa mines minister delays finalisation of draft mining charter

Uncertainty around the charter has deterred investment into a sector…

Reuters | July 8, 2018 | 6:38 am

Labor talks at BHP´s Escondida mine in Chile enter ‘home stretch’

Labor negotiations are entering into the final three weeks before…

Reuters | July 6, 2018 | 3:35 pm

CHARTS: Copper mining profits top $100 billion a year, but where are the new mines?

Copper mining company profits topped $100 billion two years in a row, but building a new mine now takes on average 16 years.

Frik Els | June 8, 2023 | 9:43 am

Column: China’s imports of major commodities reflect mixed economic data

Imports of coal have been robust in recent months as China turned to thermal generation amid lower hydropower output.

Bloomberg News | June 8, 2023 | 9:42 am

BHP’s Xplor looking for more copper, nickel exploration projects

BHP Xplor’s VP Sonia Scarselli says demand-supply equation for other battery metals is not as stretched as that for those two metals.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 8, 2023 | 8:12 am

Carbon capture tests results better than anticipated for Canada Nickel

The process at the Crawford nickel project can store 1.0 million tonnes of carbon annually.

Staff Writer | June 8, 2023 | 7:33 am

Tonnes of cobalt could be mined in Idaho but processing facilities still lacking — study

Researchers say that although there is potential for cobalt extraction from the Idaho Cobalt Belt, the question of how to process it remains unanswered.

Staff Writer | June 8, 2023 | 5:05 am

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Invesco turns to Trump playbook for signs of a metal rebound

Tiger Resources’ $260M Congo asset sale to Chinese firm collapses

Private equity firm to deploy $550 million into mining sector

South Africa mines minister delays finalisation of draft mining charter

Labor talks at BHP´s Escondida mine in Chile enter ‘home stretch’

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CHARTS: Copper mining profits top $100 billion a year, but where are the new mines?

Column: China’s imports of major commodities reflect mixed economic data

BHP’s Xplor looking for more copper, nickel exploration projects

Carbon capture tests results better than anticipated for Canada Nickel

Tonnes of cobalt could be mined in Idaho but processing facilities still lacking — study

Copper price slump will give way to record buying spree, Citi says

BHP and Microsoft use AI to boost copper recovery at Escondida

Copper exports signal Chile is leaving woes behind

Mongolian PM discusses EV investment, cooperation with Elon Musk