Base Metals Top Stories

Copper price: 120% premium for Brazil junior another bullish sign

Oz Minerals offers top dollar for Avanco which boasts top private equity players and Glencore as major shareholders.

Frik Els | March 27, 2018 | 4:26 pm

Nickel market eyes Philippines as mine review delayed yet again

The review by the Mining Industry Coordinating Council is now…

Bloomberg News | March 27, 2018 | 11:24 am

Rio Tinto fully out of coal sector with $2.25bn Kestrel mine sale

Company has agreed to sell its 80% stake in the…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 27, 2018 | 7:14 am

Copper Mountain gains approval for $71m acquisition of Altona

The combination of the two companies will result in a…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 27, 2018 | 5:55 am

Vedanta shuts protests-ridden copper smelter in India for 15 days

The maintenance activity, originally scheduled for April, comes amid media…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 27, 2018 | 3:46 am

Latest Stories

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

Norway considers opening Germany-sized area to deep-sea mining

The country’s energy ministry plans to submit to parliament in the next two weeks a proposal to open an area close to Svalbard to applications for exploration and extraction.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 9, 2023 | 10:12 am

LME gets first request to list new nickel brand since cutting waiting times

The exchange received an application to approve nickel produced by China's Quzhou Huayou Cobalt New Material Co.

Reuters | June 9, 2023 | 8:23 am

Nickel Industries plans to raise $633 million through share placement

The Sydney-based miner has been working towards developing nickel for batteries.

Reuters | June 8, 2023 | 5:02 pm

Chile court extends closure of Lundin copper mine over sinkhole

Lundin voluntarily stopped work at the Alcaparrosa mine in July 2022 when the sinkhole appeared.

Reuters | June 8, 2023 | 3:35 pm

Escondida copper mine conveyer belt faces pause after fire

The company did not say whether the fire affected production.

Reuters | June 8, 2023 | 11:24 am

CHARTS: Copper mining profits top $100 billion a year, but where are the new mines?

Copper mining company profits topped $100 billion two years in a row, but building a new mine now takes on average 16 years.

Frik Els | June 8, 2023 | 9:43 am

Column: China’s imports of major commodities reflect mixed economic data

Imports of coal have been robust in recent months as China turned to thermal generation amid lower hydropower output.

Bloomberg News | June 8, 2023 | 9:42 am

BHP’s Xplor looking for more copper, nickel exploration projects

BHP Xplor’s VP Sonia Scarselli says demand-supply equation for other battery metals is not as stretched as that for those two metals.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 8, 2023 | 8:12 am

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