Base Metals Top Stories

Barrick moves forward with plan to make every employee an owner

The gold miner’s employees will receive this year 90 shares each, taking the total held by staff to more than 1.5 million shares.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 6, 2018 | 4:45 am

BC mining and exploration sees resurgence after years of stagnation

The survey found that exploration expenditures across BC totaled $246…

EY | March 5, 2018 | 1:10 pm

Sudden jump in zinc stocks threatens bull party: Andy Home

The London zinc price has been on a two-year romp,…

Reuters | March 5, 2018 | 11:33 am

Zinc turned upside down as prices tank and stockpiles surge

The zinc market is making a U-turn.

Bloomberg News | March 5, 2018 | 11:03 am

Trump ups trade pressure on Canada, Mexico; senior Republicans urge rethink

Trump said Canada and Mexico could avoid planned steel and…

Reuters | March 5, 2018 | 10:28 am

Peru mining sector sees copper JVs as way to unlock new projects

Projects like Southern Copper’s Michiquillay, Newmont’s Conga and Galeno, owned by a subsidiary of China Minmetals Corp., could be unlocked with a joint venture or common infrastructure.

Bloomberg News | April 25, 2023 | 12:39 pm

Teck spinoff backed by Canada pension after website error fixed

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board says it will vote for Teck’s plan to split the mining company after a “technical error” last week caused it to state the opposite.

Bloomberg News | April 25, 2023 | 10:20 am

Finland’s Fortum begins battery material recovery from EV ‘black mass’

Black mass is the shredded material that comes from used batteries, which can include lithium, cobalt, and nickel.

Reuters | April 25, 2023 | 8:43 am

Surplus and stocks to mitigate Myanmar’s Wa State tin mining ban

Plans by Myanmar's Wa militia to suspend mining in areas it controls from August sent tin prices up 15% to 10-week highs.

Reuters | April 25, 2023 | 7:46 am

Congo state miner and China’s CMOC reach agreement on royalties

The agreement paves the way for the resumption of minerals exports from Tenke Fungurume.

Reuters | April 25, 2023 | 7:12 am

Anglo American’s copper output up 28% in first quarter

Production hit 178,100 tonnes of copper in Q1 mainly due to the ramp-up of its newly opened Quellaveco copper mine in Peru.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 25, 2023 | 3:53 am

Teck scrambles to secure split vote, with outcome uncertain, CIC missing in action and back-office issues causing frustration: source

Glencore declined to comment on whether it has met yet with CIC.

Niall McGee - The Globe and Mail Mining Reporter | April 24, 2023 | 12:44 pm

Germany draws up €2 billion state fund to secure key commodities

The new financing vehicle could start next year if the ruling coalition agrees on the funding.

Bloomberg News | April 24, 2023 | 12:20 pm

Teck Resources should remain in Canada, says Finance Minister Freeland

"We need companies like Teck here in Canada, companies with a strong commitment to Canada," Freeland wrote in a letter to the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade.

Reuters | April 24, 2023 | 10:09 am

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