Base Metals Top Stories

Trafigura signs three-year cobalt deal with Congo miner

Trafigura has already increased its foothold in nickel with an exclusive offtake agreement with Finland's Terrafame, that also produces zinc and cobalt.

Reuters | April 4, 2018 | 9:27 am

Teck ups stake in Chile Quebrada Blanca copper mine in $162.5m deal

Company now owns 90% of Compañía Minera Teck Quebrada Blanca,…

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 4, 2018 | 8:50 am

Miners, commodities hit as US-China trade war heats up

Mining companies saw its shares plummet along with metal prices…

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 4, 2018 | 6:50 am

Revitalised demand growth to buttress molybdenum prices

Healthy demand for molybdenum rich stainless steel, especially from the…

Reuters | April 4, 2018 | 5:12 am

Eldorado scores key win in row with Greece over projects

Ruling rejects the Greek State's motion that Eldorado's technical study…

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 4, 2018 | 3:39 am

Glencore bids for Teck Resources’ coal unit

The Swiss miner and commodities giant is willing to buy Teck's steelmaking coal business as alternative to a full merger.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 12, 2023 | 3:49 am

Fed is set to pause and assess the effect of rate hikes

Federal Reserve policymakers are about to take their first break from an interest-rate hiking campaign that started 15 months ago.

Bloomberg News | June 11, 2023 | 11:27 am

Greenpeace Mexico launches campaign against deep-sea mining

The international NGO says article 20 of Mexico’s new Mining Law forbids deep-sea mining in Mexican waters and that the country should push for a global moratorium.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | June 11, 2023 | 8:30 am

Chile’s mining association asks Congress to reverse payment increase for mining claims

The payment increase for patented mining claims is contemplated in Bill N° 21420, which modifies certain aspects of the existing Mining Code.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | June 11, 2023 | 7:04 am

New evidence solidifies Oman’s role as major copper provider during Bronze Age

Since copper ingots were usually further processed to make tools and other objects, they are only rarely unearthed in archaeological excavations.

Staff Writer | June 11, 2023 | 6:26 am

Mining’s changing ESG landscape

Dean Slocum and Chris Anderson of Acorn International on artisanal miners, China in Africa, the NGO-industrial complex, Juukan Gorge and mining’s changing guard.

Frik Els | June 9, 2023 | 1:25 pm