Base Metals Top Stories

China demand and tight supplies set to sustain nickel price rally

LME nickel breaks through $14,000 per tonne.

Reuters | January 30, 2018 | 7:06 am

Rio Tinto autonomous trucks now hauling a quarter of Pilbara material

The miner's autonomous haulage system (AHS) fleet has already moved…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 30, 2018 | 2:56 am

First Quantum’s nickel output down 24 pct in 2017

Nickel output by First Quantum Minerals fell 24 pct to…

Reuters | January 29, 2018 | 11:28 am

Petra Diamonds shares crash on profit and output forecast cuts

The stock fell by 21%, the steepest intraday decline since…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 29, 2018 | 5:52 am

Preferred addresses for Toronto and Vancouver miners

Where miners and juniors hang their hats.

Michael Allan McCrae | January 28, 2018 | 1:18 pm

US Forest Service to OK land swap for Rio’s Tinto’s Arizona copper mine before July

Resolution mine would destroy a site of religious importance to Native Americans but supply more than a quarter of US copper demand for the green energy transition.

Reuters | March 21, 2023 | 11:58 am

Study shows seafloor cobalt, nickel mining dramatically lowers battery metals environmental impact

Benchmark's lifecycle assessment of The Metals Co’s Pacific Ocean project shows nickel, cobalt from seabed perform better in almost every category including 70%-80% lower emissions than Indonesian nickel.

Frik Els | March 21, 2023 | 10:55 am

Trafigura bought some LME ‘nickel’ that was just bags of stones

The amounts of money involved are small, but the issue presents a fresh headache for the company.

Bloomberg News | March 21, 2023 | 10:09 am

Mapped: US mineral production value by state in 2022

This map uses data from the USGS to map and rank U.S. states by the value of their nonfuel mineral production in 2022.

Visual Capitalist - Elements | March 21, 2023 | 9:27 am

Column: The return of the London Metal Exchange’s nickel curse

JPMorgan owned the LME nickel contracts that turned out to be backed by bags of stones rather than metal.

Reuters | March 21, 2023 | 8:37 am

Glencore set to lose crown as top cobalt miner to China’s CMOC

The Chinese company aims to double production this year, as it brings another massive Congolese mine online.

Bloomberg News | March 21, 2023 | 7:46 am

Goldman Sachs expects commodities supercycle

Bank expects the copper price to hit $10,500 in the near term.

Reuters | March 21, 2023 | 7:38 am

Copper boosted development of most important trade hub of Late Bronze Age

Copper and a sheltered location turned the Cypriot village of Hala Sultan Tekke into one of the most important trade hubs of the Late Bronze Age.

Staff Writer | March 21, 2023 | 7:05 am

Wyloo seeks takeover of nickel explorer Mincor Resources

Wyloo offered to buy all the shares of nickel miner Mincor it does not already own for an implied equity value of $504 million.

Bloomberg News | March 20, 2023 | 4:54 pm

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