Base Metals Top Stories

Copper rallies to three-year high as China plant halts output

Ninth gain puts red metal on longest winning streak since 2004.

Bloomberg News | December 27, 2017 | 8:28 am

China top copper producer halts output after pollution order

Production should be halted for at least a week.

Bloomberg News | December 27, 2017 | 7:30 am

Spain’s OHL to oversee El Teniente’s tailings facility

The Madrid-based firm signed a $20-million-dollar contract.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 26, 2017 | 4:24 pm

China halts oil product exports to North Korea in November as sanctions bite

Beijing also imported no iron ore, coal or lead from…

Reuters | December 26, 2017 | 10:20 am

Solgold shares surge on latest drilling at giant Ecuador copper project

Brisbane-based company promised maiden resource for Cascabel copper-gold porphyry on…

Frik Els | December 22, 2017 | 3:36 pm

BHP’s exploration accelerator to open to uranium, lithium finds

BHP's Xplor accelerator program is currently supporting seven copper and nickel projects for the six months to June.

Reuters | April 5, 2023 | 4:49 am

Teck opted for coal split after mulling stake sale, partnerships

Canada’s largest diversified miner spent four years mulling options for its steelmaking coal business before deciding to spin it off.

Bloomberg News | April 5, 2023 | 4:00 am

Glencore has three weeks to keep $23 billion Teck bid alive

Glencore, which is working with Citigroup, has indicated its deal would be dead if Teck investors approve the split later this month.

Bloomberg News | April 4, 2023 | 2:37 pm

Harita Nickel sets IPO price at $670 million

The pricing was set at the higher end of the initial indicative offering range.

Reuters | April 4, 2023 | 10:58 am

NGEx shares shoot up 23% on new copper-gold discovery in Argentina

CEO Wojtek Wodzicki said the grades are some of the best he has seen in his career.

Staff Writer | April 4, 2023 | 10:14 am

Shanghai Futures Exchange lowers margin requirements for metals trading

Margin requirements for copper and aluminum will be lowered from 12% to 9%.

Reuters | April 4, 2023 | 7:01 am

Companies can vie to mine the deep sea starting in July

The Metals Company expect to file an application in H2 2023 and to receive a mining license in 2024.

Bloomberg News | April 4, 2023 | 6:28 am

Teck said to be open to offers once coal spinoff is complete

Canada’s largest diversified miner has rejected an unsolicited acquisition proposal from Glencore Plc.

Bloomberg News | April 4, 2023 | 6:14 am

FPX Nickel and Japan agree to explore globe for ‘disruptive’ awaruite

JOGMEC is to cover as much as $483,000 annually for two years in the search for deposits of the nickel-iron alloy at the Klow project in British Columbia.

Staff Writer | April 3, 2023 | 12:13 pm

First

Last