Base Metals Top Stories

Mickey Fulp talks seasonal trading patterns for gold, TSX venture stocks

Mercenary Geologist Mickey Fulp says he expects good results from one zinc explorer in particular...

SmallCapPower | November 23, 2017 | 1:33 pm

Chile lithium miner SQM says legal dispute could linger through 2018

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera said on Thursday its ongoing legal…

Reuters | November 23, 2017 | 12:23 pm

Brazilian miners up in arms as lawmakers hike iron ore, gold royalties

They claim it won’t be possible to cut costs enough…

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 23, 2017 | 8:54 am

Chile’s Escondida workers on strike to protest layoffs

Union claims BHP has laid off about 3% of the…

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 23, 2017 | 5:52 am

Southern Copper says Peru operations normal despite strike

This is the third strike this year over profit-sharing staged…

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 22, 2017 | 11:45 pm

Trafigura lines up Russia aluminum deal in challenge to Glencore

Trafigura Group is in talks to buy aluminum from United Co. Rusal International.

Bloomberg News | February 27, 2023 | 11:42 am

Trafigura’s non-existent nickel was bought by a US firm

Trafigura sold cargoes of nickel it now believes may not have contained any of the metal to buyers.

Bloomberg News | February 27, 2023 | 10:05 am

Column: Nickel’s electric dreams turn into a pricing nightmare

The global nickel market flipped from deficit to surplus over the course of 2022.

Reuters | February 27, 2023 | 7:55 am

A $1.5 billion hoard of copper and cobalt is piling up in Congo

By now, there are about 120,000 tons of copper and around 12,500 tons of cobalt stuck waiting to leave the country.

Bloomberg News | February 27, 2023 | 7:37 am

Stellantis buys into Argentina copper in race for battery metals

The automaker has its eye on one of the world’s bigger underdeveloped copper deposits in Argentina’s San Juan province.

Bloomberg News | February 27, 2023 | 7:21 am

Indonesia’s miner Amman Mineral Internasional seeks IPO

Indonesia's energy company Medco Energi Internasional owns a 23.1% stake in the company.

Reuters | February 27, 2023 | 6:48 am

Nickel shows Indonesia how to escape the middle income trap

The value of Indonesia’s nickel exports surged tenfold in five years after it forced buyers to set up refineries in the country.

Bloomberg News | February 24, 2023 | 4:50 pm

Tariffs on Russian aluminum to affect tiny slice of US industry

The US imported about 200,000 tons of aluminum from Russia in 2022, according to Commerce Department data.

Bloomberg News | February 24, 2023 | 3:42 pm

Cleantech startup aims to transform mine waste into a ‘climate solution’

Arca was named as one of Canada’s most investable cleantech ventures and won a $1 million award from XPRIZE and the Musk Foundation in a carbon removal competition.

Amanda Stutt | February 24, 2023 | 10:14 am

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