Base Metals Top Stories

Mexican election to pose limited risks to positive mining outlook: BMI

According to the market research firm, a possible victory by leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador poses “minimal downside risks to an otherwise strong outlook” for the country's mining industry.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | February 28, 2018 | 6:15 pm

Mongolia’s Oyu Tolgoi mine to lift force majeure

Majority owner Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd said that it expected…

Reuters | February 28, 2018 | 4:59 pm

Billionaire Lundin chases base-metal buy with $3 billion budget

Copper ‘might be the easiest asset to work with:’ Lukas…

Bloomberg News | February 28, 2018 | 4:19 pm

Mongolian court sides with government in copper mine ownership row

The Erdenet mine produces 530,000 tonnes of copper concentrate a…

Reuters | February 28, 2018 | 11:21 am

Copper price felled as Chinese factory reading drops most in 5 years

Slowdown in Chinese manufacturing blamed on impact of Beijing's pollution…

Frik Els | February 28, 2018 | 11:05 am

BMC Minerals expands Yukon portfolio with Kona copper-gold deal

The Kona open pit and underground deposit hosts total indicated resources of 3 million tonnes grading 1.4% copper, 0.7 g/t gold and 4 g/t silver.

Staff Writer | May 2, 2023 | 9:22 am

Hindustan Zinc’s all-cash bid for Vedanta’s assets lapses

Hindustan Zinc's shares prices have tumbled since the deal was announced.

Reuters | May 2, 2023 | 8:08 am

Emerita’s first La Romanera resource estimate expected later this month

The La Romanera deposit is part of the company’s 100%-owned Iberian Belt West project in southern Spain.

Henry Lazenby | May 1, 2023 | 3:54 pm

RANKED: World’s biggest nickel projects

Nori Clarion-Clipperton polymetallic project, 4,000 metres deep in the northeastern Pacific Ocean holds top spot.

MINING.com Editor | May 1, 2023 | 2:23 pm

US Army Corps of Engineers gives glimmer of hope for Pebble copper-gold project in Alaska

USACE will take another look at its refusal in 2020 to approve the project after Northern Dynasty successfully appealed the decision.

Colin McClelland | May 1, 2023 | 8:50 am

Column: Soft China PMI likely to flow through to uneven commodity demand

The surprise contraction in China's manufacturing index in April underlines the uneven nature of the recovery in the world's second-biggest economy.

Reuters | May 1, 2023 | 7:52 am

No mining allowed in six new Indigenous reserves in Brazil

Luiz Inácio ‘Lula’ Da Silva issued a decree creating six new Indigenous reserves, most of them in the Amazon, and banning mining in such areas.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 30, 2023 | 12:05 pm

For the first time in 50 years, a woman will lead one of Codelco’s divisions

Claudia Cabrera Correa, an executive with 24 years of experience in the mining industry, becomes the first female general manager of the Gabriela Mistral division.

Staff Writer | April 30, 2023 | 6:52 am

Glencore deal for Teck would face stringent review, Trudeau says

Trudeau promised that, if the government is asked to approve a deal, it will be consistent in applying Canada’s takeover rules “so investors can know what they’re getting into.”

Bloomberg News | April 28, 2023 | 12:43 pm

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