Base Metals Top Stories

Aura Minerals wants to reactivate projects under care and maintenance

The miner is working towards reactivating its Aranzazu and São Francisco gold projects in Mexico and Brazil, respectively.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | March 28, 2018 | 9:00 am

Digging for cobalt riches: Congo races to fix a deadly problem

The man was digging a toilet in his backyard when…

Bloomberg News | March 28, 2018 | 8:51 am

Sibanye-Stillwater partners with Wits to create the ‘mine of the future’

In partnership with the Wits Mining Institute (WMI) at the…

Sibanye-Stillwater | March 28, 2018 | 6:42 am

DRDGold okays Sibanye-Stillwater $110 million-assets exchange deal

South Africa’s top gold producer has secured a 38% stake…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 28, 2018 | 3:58 am

Japan’s JXTG raises profit forecast despite $1.2bn charge

The Japanese energy and metals company said the impairment loss…

Reuters | March 28, 2018 | 3:20 am

Cobalt price has fallen nearly 30% this year

Goldman Sachs is forecasting softness for battery metals including cobalt, lithium and nickel in the second half of 2023 amid an oversupply.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 12, 2023 | 9:40 am

Chilean companies expected to moderate growth plans, Fitch says

The administration of President Gabriel Boric recently pushed through increases in mining taxes and the minimum wage as well as a reduction in the workweek.

Bloomberg News | June 12, 2023 | 8:37 am

Rio Tinto to invest $1.1 billion to expand aluminum smelter in Canada

Construction will run over two-and-a-half years.

Reuters | June 12, 2023 | 7:37 am

Glencore, carmakers lead $1bn acquisition of Appian nickel-copper mines in Brazil

Deal includes the gold royalty on Mineração Vale Verde, which will be sold to ACG for $65 million in cash.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 12, 2023 | 5:59 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