Base Metals Top Stories

Canada / U.S. big players announce world’s first carbon-free aluminum smelting process

Alcoa and Rio Tinto announced the launching of Elysis, a joint venture company whose goal is to push towards commercial production a newly discovered, carbon-free aluminum smelting process.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 10, 2018 | 6:11 pm

Canadian junior to acquire gold-silver project in Mexico

Megastar Development wants to buy the Rama de Oro project…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 10, 2018 | 5:51 pm

Randgold hopeful of compromise with Congo over new mining rules

Seven mining companies submitted a proposal to the Mines Ministry…

Bloomberg News | May 10, 2018 | 9:46 am

Erdene soars as Altan Nar project in Mongolia proves larger than predicted

Indicated and inferred gold equivalent resources increased by whooping 208%…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 10, 2018 | 6:19 am

World’s No. 2 platinum stock languishes on output, cost woes

Bad news from South Africa’s platinum belt has pushed shares…

Bloomberg News | May 10, 2018 | 6:14 am

Value of battery metals in newly-sold EVs tripled on rampant lithium, nickel prices

MINING.COM’s EV Metal Index surged to just under $27 billion in 2022 thanks to surging lithium and nickel prices, but January saw a 50% month-on-month drop.

Frik Els | March 28, 2023 | 2:01 pm

Talon Metals, EnviCore team up to challenge mining waste conventions

EnviCore and Talon are testing samples from the Tamarack nickel-copper tailings for their suitability as supplementary cementation material.

Staff Writer | March 28, 2023 | 9:40 am

Copper price rises as banking worries ease

Regional US lender First Citizens BancShares scooped up the assets of SVB on Monday.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 28, 2023 | 8:41 am

Nickel price extends rebound on short-covering, low stocks

Prices jumped on Friday as inventories in warehouses linked to the Shanghai Futures Exchange slid to the lowest since July last year.

Reuters | March 28, 2023 | 8:05 am

Merdeka Battery Materials plans $580 million IPO

It will be the second nickel firm in Indonesia to go public this year after PT Trimegah Bangun Persada of the Harita conglomerate group.

Reuters | March 28, 2023 | 7:54 am

US, Japan strike deal on supply of minerals for EV batteries

EVs that use materials that have been collected or processed in Japan will be eligible for incentives under the IRA.

Bloomberg News | March 28, 2023 | 7:43 am

Biden tees up a supply chain rethink with challenge to China’s EVs

Ford confirmed last month that it will tap technology from CATL for a $3.5 billion plant it’s building in Michigan.

Bloomberg News | March 28, 2023 | 7:32 am

Bluejay Mining expands drilling at Finland nickel project

Decision follows "encouraging" results from the first exploration program of 2023 at Bluejay's Enonkoski nickel project.

Staff Writer | March 28, 2023 | 5:50 am

Lundin Mining pays $950m for controlling stake in Caserones copper mine in Chile

The Canadian miner is acquiring a 51% stake in the company that operates Caserones from Japan’s JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corp.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 28, 2023 | 3:45 am

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