Base Metals Top Stories

CHART: Copper, nickel, zinc prices – plenty upside just to revert to mean

Even after two years of gains, industrial metals trade well below 10-year mean prices. Silver looks cheap, but gold, crude may be fully priced already.

Frik Els | July 9, 2018 | 10:48 am

Invesco turns to Trump playbook for signs of a metal rebound

Escalating trade conflict between the U.S. and China has sent…

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

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Supreme Court of Canada rules federal environmental impact law is unconstitutional

Impact Assessment Act enables Ottawa to regulate energy, mining and other project proposals based on effects that fall into federal jurisdiction – such as on Indigenous peoples, birds, fish, and climate change.

Sean Fine - The Globe and Mail | October 13, 2023 | 9:38 am

Miners see value in EU focus on ESG but face red tape hurdles

Compliance with ESG standards is increasingly important to keep commitments from institutional investors such as pension funds.

Reuters | October 13, 2023 | 9:31 am

Mexico govt blames Grupo Mexico for 2014 toxic spill, wants new cleanup plan

The spill pumped 40,000 cubic meters of toxic mining acid into the Bacanuchi river in Mexico's northern Sonora state.

Reuters | October 13, 2023 | 9:09 am

LME copper stockpiles rebound to highest in nearly two years

Stockpiles rose for a sixth day to reach 181,150 metric tons, extending a threefold increase since July.

Bloomberg News | October 12, 2023 | 3:54 pm

Copper price advances as metals get help from Fed comments and China

Risk assets are getting a boost from some less hawkish Federal Reserve commentary, and from moves by China to bolster its sinking stock market.

Bloomberg News | October 12, 2023 | 2:37 pm

Raising capital now biggest risk to mining companies after ESG

The massive capital outlays required by the green energy transition have become a top mining boardroom agenda item, says new survey.

Frik Els | October 12, 2023 | 1:26 pm

Newcrest investors strongly approve $17 billion Newmont takeover

The proposed deal is the third largest ever involving an Australian company.

Reuters | October 12, 2023 | 1:19 pm

Rio Tinto builds solar power plant at Kennecott copper operation in Utah

The 12,800 solar panel power plant will enable Kennecott to reduce its operational emissions by 3,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year.

Staff Writer | October 12, 2023 | 12:08 pm

US steps up efforts to access Africa’s critical minerals

Last month, the US government approved $150 million of funding for a graphite project in Mozambique.

Bloomberg News | October 12, 2023 | 10:07 am

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