Base Metals Top Stories

The race to make mines smarter

SAP touts success with its own AI and predictive analytic tools.

Michael Allan McCrae | November 25, 2017 | 10:58 pm

These are the top mining projects in Peru to watch in 2018

Mining investment in Peru is expected to grow 9% this…

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 25, 2017 | 5:00 am

Workers at BHP copper mine in Chile end strike over layoffs

Unionized workers at Escondida copper mine in Chile ended a…

Reuters | November 24, 2017 | 12:29 pm

Nickel rally stalls, electric car boost some years away

Slowing demand from China's stainless steel mills and rising supplies…

Reuters | November 24, 2017 | 12:20 pm

Chile’s Codelco copper output dips but company posts profit

Codelco Chief Executive Pizarro said company produced 1.24m tonnes of…

Reuters | November 23, 2017 | 2:01 pm

Freeport Indonesia says Grasberg mine operations back to normal after floods

Freeport was forced to stop operation at its flagship mine in February after heavy rain and mud flows damaged the facilities.

Reuters | March 1, 2023 | 4:15 am

Panama and First Quantum nearing agreement over copper mine

There are only three issues left to be solved, with two of them being in the final stage of negotiations.

Reuters | February 28, 2023 | 4:27 pm

Carmaker investment gives McEwen Copper more time to go public

In terms of the size of the copper unit’s IPO, McEwen said it will be determined by capital needs.

Bloomberg News | February 28, 2023 | 10:19 am

Visualizing the opportunity cost of unrecycled metals in the US

Exploring the quantity and dollar value of recycled metals in the U.S. by visualizing metal recycling ratios.

Visual Capitalist - Elements | February 28, 2023 | 10:18 am

i-80 Gold expands Ruby Hill property, adds polymetallic upside with Paycore Minerals acquisition

i-80 would consolidate the northern portion of the Eureka district and increase the size of its land package at Ruby Hill by more than 34%.

Staff Writer | February 28, 2023 | 9:18 am

LME halts flow of Russian metals into its US warehouses

The US said on Friday it would impose a 200% tariff on aluminum and derivatives produced in Russia from March 10.

Reuters | February 28, 2023 | 8:29 am

Zambia’s Mopani halts mine shaft operations after worker dies

Company suspended operations at one of its shafts in Kitwe.

Reuters | February 28, 2023 | 7:42 am

How zircon helps identify untapped copper deposits

Zircons are considered nature’s time capsules.

Staff Writer | February 28, 2023 | 6:02 am

This road could save the planet — and carve up Alaskan wilderness

The remote Ambler Mining District contains massive lodes of minerals essential to cleantech, but extracting them will likely make an ecological mess.

Bloomberg News | February 27, 2023 | 12:17 pm

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