Base Metals Top Stories

Rio Tinto to double number of autonomous drills at Pilbara mines

Driverless trucks at the same iron ore operations already haul over a quarter of both ore and waste material.

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

Botswana Diamonds, Vast Resources team up to explore in Zimbabwe

The two companies will exchange past exploration information on areas…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 1, 2018 | 3:42 am

Copper boosted development of most important trade hub of Late Bronze Age

Copper and a sheltered location turned the Cypriot village of Hala Sultan Tekke into one of the most important trade hubs of the Late Bronze Age.

Staff Writer | March 21, 2023 | 7:05 am

Wyloo seeks takeover of nickel explorer Mincor Resources

Wyloo offered to buy all the shares of nickel miner Mincor it does not already own for an implied equity value of $504 million.

Bloomberg News | March 20, 2023 | 4:54 pm

JPMorgan owned the LME ‘nickel’ that was actually bags of stones

It’s not clear whether the bags ever contained nickel, and whether the issue is a result of error, theft or fraud.

Bloomberg News | March 20, 2023 | 1:50 pm

Trafigura sees fresh copper price records within a year

The world’s biggest copper trader believes the metal could even surpass $12,000 a tonne within 12 months.

Reuters | March 20, 2023 | 10:04 am

How silicon, gold, copper help destroy covid-19 virus

Silicon, gold and copper, as well as electric fields, can be used to destroy the spike proteins of SARS-CoV-2.

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

Peru expects 74 mining projects to become operative in 2023

30 of the 74 projects have recently become operative or are about to reach that phase as they already have all the required permits.

Staff Writer | March 19, 2023 | 7:51 am

Electrification of Canada’s commercial vehicles may yield benefits sooner than later – report

Deloitte Canada makes a case for decarbonizing commercial vehicles as a measure that is eventually less expensive than maintaining internal combustion vehicles.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | March 19, 2023 | 7:20 am

America’s timeline for development of domestic battery metal supply chain may be unrealistic – research

Researchers say the aggressive timeline of the Inflation Reduction Act may be unrealistic.

Staff Writer | March 19, 2023 | 6:40 am

LME rocked by new nickel scandal after finding bags of stones

The LME has discovered bags of stones instead of the nickel that underpinned a small handful of its contracts at a warehouse in Rotterdam.

Bloomberg News | March 17, 2023 | 10:01 am

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