Base Metals Top Stories

Force Majeure at Oyu Tolgoi mine due to border protests

Measure was taken as Chinese coal haulers continue to disrupt deliveries near the border with Mongolia, the mine's majority owner Turquoise Hill said.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 18, 2018 | 2:59 am

Tracking Europe’s waste: ‘There’s gold in them landfills’

Some of Europe's richest deposits of valuable materials are in…

Reuters | January 17, 2018 | 10:49 am

Supply disruptions could boost copper prices -Chile’s Cochilco

Cochilco, Chile's state copper commission, raised its estimated 2018 avg…

Reuters | January 17, 2018 | 3:00 am

Time to own gold: Sharps Pixley

"The best is yet to come, but not just yet.…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 16, 2018 | 6:53 pm

Canadian companies want to extract nickel, vanadium, cobalt from petcoke

They're running a study led by Paul Watkinson, who has…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 16, 2018 | 5:45 pm

LME faces further legal action in London court

The exchange is facing further legal action in London by a company called Double Eight Ltd.

Reuters | March 7, 2023 | 10:09 am

Rio Tinto keeps working to build Indigenous support for Resolution mine

Resolution is key to the mining giant's future as the project would produce more than 40 billion pounds of copper.

Reuters | March 7, 2023 | 9:58 am

British Columbia exploration spending hits 10-year high in 2022

Copper exploration spending jumped 84% year over year in 2022, rising from C$128 million in 2021 to C$235 million.

Staff Writer | March 7, 2023 | 9:52 am

Peru to unleash stranded copper with roadblocks largely cleared

Peru expects shipments of commodities will begin to normalize within days as the nation’s worst street protests in decades ease.

Bloomberg News | March 7, 2023 | 9:28 am

Major copper producers unveil plan to reach net zero emissions by 2050

The International Copper Association's (ICA) roadmap has set a target for members to cut emissions by 30% to 40% by 2030.

Reuters | March 7, 2023 | 9:08 am

Scientists work on solid-state battery that uses fewer ‘problem’ metals

Researchers have developed a new strategy to build solid-state batteries that are less dependent on specific chemical elements, particularly expensive metals with supply chain issues.

Staff Writer | March 7, 2023 | 6:06 am

Sibanye-Stillwater secures controlling stake in New Century Resources

The precious metals miner now controls nearly 71% of New Century Resources, for which it launched an unsolicited takeover bid in February.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 7, 2023 | 3:23 am

Argentina’s copper rush lures top power generator Central Puerto

The Buenos Aires-based firm is looking at three projects — in San Juan, Santa Cruz and Salta provinces — and has received partnership interest from a mining company.

Bloomberg News | March 6, 2023 | 5:58 pm

Cobalt market saw record-breaking supply boom in 2022

Mined cobalt supply grew by 23% to 187,060 tons in 2022, in a supply swell that wiped out a large deficit seen in 2021.

Bloomberg News | March 6, 2023 | 4:45 pm

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