Base Metals Top Stories

Nevada Copper continues to expand open-pit mineralization and provides positive project update

Nevada Copper is pleased to provide an operations and drill update regarding the Underground and Open Pit projects at its Pumpkin Hollow Project in Nevada.

Nevada Copper Corp | June 20, 2018 | 2:00 pm

RANKED: Countries where publicly-traded miners operate

U-S-A!

Michael Allan McCrae | June 20, 2018 | 12:13 pm

Gold street is where South Africa’s mining history goes to die

Additional cuts are to come across mines and towns in…

Bloomberg News | June 20, 2018 | 7:20 am

BHP steps up efforts to sell Nickel West business in Australia — report

The world's top miner is said to have hired Goldman…

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 20, 2018 | 5:45 am

Ten killed in Zambia copper mine dump collapse — police

Another 10 are injured after a dumping site for copper…

Reuters | June 20, 2018 | 3:35 am

Codelco strikes early deal with Radomiro Tomic mine supervisors’ union

Nearly 90% of union members voted to approve the agreement.

Reuters | October 2, 2023 | 9:06 am

US optimistic it will reach critical minerals deal with EU

After signing a minerals deal with Japan in March, the US, along with both the EU and Britain, is now seeking similar agreements.

Reuters | October 2, 2023 | 8:33 am

Big Oil, heavy industry discuss emission curbs ahead of COP28

The gathering brought together CEOs from more than 50 companies from the oil and gas sector and the aluminum, steel and cement industries.

Reuters | October 1, 2023 | 8:25 am

Copper and silver: The electrical metals

Copper and silver are often skipped over in discussions of metals needed for the green economy, with battery metals like lithium, graphite, cobalt and nickel hogging the limelight.

Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | September 29, 2023 | 4:34 pm

Peru won’t force contested mining projects on communities

Both the Tia Maria project and the Las Bambas copper mine have been heavily opposed by local communities.

Bloomberg News | September 29, 2023 | 10:27 am

Supervisors at Escondida mine reject contract offer, strike possible

The union says BHP is looking to reduce benefits and production bonuses while extending working hours.

Reuters | September 29, 2023 | 10:11 am

Fortune Minerals, Rio Tinto to collaborate on critical minerals recovery technology

The collaboration will aim to increase Fortune's cobalt and bismuth refining operations to process co-product streams of the minerals recovered from the Kennecott smelter.

Staff Writer | September 29, 2023 | 9:50 am