Base Metals Top Stories

Glencore is said to take Congo rift with Gertler to London court

The Swiss miner was granted a temporary injunction against the Israeli billionaire after petitioning the London court to rule against a Congolese judge’s decision last week to freeze assets at its Kamoto Copper project.

Bloomberg News | May 2, 2018 | 10:45 am

Rio Tinto to double number of autonomous drills at Pilbara mines

Driverless trucks at the same iron ore operations already haul…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 2, 2018 | 9:26 am

S.Africa gold miners to sign silicosis lawsuit settlement this week

Most claimants are black miners from South Africa and neighbouring…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 2, 2018 | 6:59 am

Vedanta considers building zinc smelter in South Africa

Company is accelerating expansion of its African zinc operations to…

Reuters | May 2, 2018 | 5:00 am

Battery metals supply crunch to slow near-term EVs growth — Moody’s

Lack of new projects, investment deficit and increasing political risk…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 1, 2018 | 6:03 am

US imposes sanctions on Russian copper producer UMMC

As of 2020, it was producing around 40% of Russian copper.

Reuters | July 20, 2023 | 1:16 pm

Zambia’s copper production seen falling to 14-year low

Copper production will plunge to 682,431 tons, the Ministry of Finance & National Planning said in a report.

Bloomberg News | July 20, 2023 | 10:03 am

Anglo American’s first-half copper production surges 42%

Anglo expects to reach between 840,000 and 930,000 metric tons of copper production this year.

Reuters | July 20, 2023 | 7:39 am

How Chile’s progressive new plan to mine lithium faces Indigenous hurdles

Chile’s millennial president, Gabriel Boric, promised to mine differently. He would turn the world’s largest copper producer and second largest lithium miner […]

Reuters | July 20, 2023 | 7:26 am

Freeport’s profit narrowly beats despite production, Indonesia woes

A slump in copper production and shipping delays in Indonesia dragged Freeport-McMoRan Inc's second-quarter profit down by 60%.

Reuters | July 20, 2023 | 7:17 am

Metal cutting is helping researchers understand metals’ behaviour under extreme conditions

New research opens an interesting application for metal cutting as a 'property test.'

Staff Writer | July 20, 2023 | 6:06 am

Antofagasta’s Arriagada, Collahuasi boss frontrunners for Codelco’s top job

Other names circulating include internal candidates Nicolás Rivera and Mauricio Barraza, from the north and centre-south divisions.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 20, 2023 | 5:45 am

Energy transition faces metals gap unless investment rises, report finds

According to the Energy Transitions Commission, it will require production of up to 6.5 billion tonnes of materials cumulatively between 2022 and 2050.

Reuters | July 19, 2023 | 5:13 pm

Some US companies not filing conflict-mineral reports, GAO says

The SEC obliges companies to file reports on whether their products may include gold, tin, tantalum or tungsten from the DRC its nine neighboring countries.

Bloomberg News | July 19, 2023 | 2:37 pm

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