Base Metals Top Stories

Copper price plunges

Down 4.7% in worst one-day performance since July 2015.

Frik Els | December 5, 2017 | 1:03 pm

Glencore, Canadian teachers launch mining royalty firm

BaseCore Metals will be independently operated and have its own…

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 5, 2017 | 7:58 am

Indonesia to grab Rio Tinto stake in Grasberg mine

After pumping billions into the Indonesian mine for almost 25…

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 5, 2017 | 3:48 am

Electric charge: Glencore bets big on car battery metals

Glencore has increased production of the metals used to make…

Reuters | December 5, 2017 | 2:00 am

Rio Tinto appoints one of its own as the company’s new chairman

After a nine-month search, the miner has picked the current…

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 4, 2017 | 3:18 am

Peru mining exports fall almost 20% year/year in January amid protests

For copper, which Peru is the world's second largest producer of, foreign sales fell 25% year-on-year in the first month of the year.

Reuters | March 14, 2023 | 11:44 am

Newcrest, Newmont set to talk as Newcrest outlines more mining potential

Newcrest rebuffed Newmont’s initial $17 billion takeover bid in mid-February,

Henry Lazenby | March 14, 2023 | 11:31 am

Codelco gains sustainability certification for El Teniente mine

The company said last year that it would seek the certification for all its operations by the end of 2023.

Reuters | March 14, 2023 | 9:39 am

Ivanhoe Mines posts near tenfold profit increase in 2022; stock rises

The company posted a record profit of $434 million for 2022.

Staff Writer | March 14, 2023 | 9:27 am

Rio Tinto sees robust short term outlook for copper

The miner started this week the underground phase of the Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia.

Reuters | March 14, 2023 | 7:34 am

Japan, Canada in talks over collaboration in battery metals supply chain

Batteries are key for Japan as it strives for carbon neutrality by 2050.

Reuters | March 14, 2023 | 7:04 am

Harita Nickel to soon kick off $650 million Indonesian IPO

The nickel industry sits at the heart of President Joko Widodo’s vision of developing an electric-vehicle supply chain onshore.

Bloomberg News | March 14, 2023 | 6:54 am

Trafigura’s head of metals operations to leave in restructuring

Svetlana Kabanova, who ran operations for Trafigura’s metals trading unit, is leaving the company.

Bloomberg News | March 13, 2023 | 1:39 pm

China to increase control over global cobalt supply — report

Over the next two years, China’s share of cobalt production is expected to reach half of global output.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 13, 2023 | 5:09 am

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