Base Metals Top Stories

US probe darkens Glencore horizons from Africa to Americas

Investigation is casting a wider net with the addition of Venezuela and Nigeria to its investigation, increasing the likelihood that Glencore’s management will get bogged down in a lengthy legal process.

Bloomberg News | July 4, 2018 | 7:30 am

Indonesia extends Freeport operating permit for Grasberg

Indonesia has extended an operating permit for Freeport's Grasberg copper-gold…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 4, 2018 | 3:44 am

Anil Agarwal faces shareholder resistance to $1 billion Vedanta bid

Billionaire Anil Agarwal faces investor resistance to his $1 billion…

Reuters | July 3, 2018 | 12:18 pm

LME to get tougher on cobalt companies with ties to the DRC

Starting next year, it will demand firms that get at…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 3, 2018 | 6:00 am

Glencore hammered as US requests documents in corruption probe

Shares fell as much as 13% after the miner and…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 3, 2018 | 3:41 am

Ancient nickel-eating microbes can teach us valuable biomining techniques – study

Methanogens are ancient life forms that still exist today. They power their metabolism by breaking down rocks and minerals.

Staff Writer | October 17, 2023 | 6:06 am

Ivanhoe founder Robert Friedland awarded Mongolia’s Order of the Polar Star

Previous recipients of the award include Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain.

Staff Writer | October 16, 2023 | 2:44 pm

US DOI draft study poses further setback for Alaska’s Ambler road project

The US Department of the Interior found that as many as 66 communities whose subsistence-style living activities could be affected.

Staff Writer | October 16, 2023 | 1:03 pm

New resource bolsters Rio Tinto-backed Arizona Sonoran’s Cactus copper project

The company has nearly tripled its measured and indicated resource at the Cactus porphyry project.

Colin McClelland | October 16, 2023 | 9:50 am

Visualized: What is the cost of electric vehicle batteries?

The cost of EV batteries can vary based on size and chemical composition.

Visual Capitalist Elements | October 16, 2023 | 8:03 am

US, EU business groups push for steel deal, minerals drive at summit

The US Chamber of Commerce and BusinessEurope made the call on Monday, before President Biden hosts European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen.

Reuters | October 16, 2023 | 7:43 am

Top miners, academics partner to seek new ways to discover sedimentary copper

Kupferschiefer project aims to revisit archive geological data and reinterpret it using petroleum and mineral system approaches, creating maps of mineral prospective areas within the Central European Basin.

Staff Writer | October 16, 2023 | 6:42 am