Base Metals Top Stories

Polish copper producer KGHM cuts 2017 investment and output targets

The state-run firm also said that this year's output of electrolytic copper from its own concentrates will be 35,000 tonnes than the planned 401,000 tonnes due to an accident at its smelter.

Reuters | November 15, 2017 | 3:10 am

Sudbury Coleman Mine in shutdown for 30 days

Under the terms of the collective agreement, employees do not…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | November 14, 2017 | 5:36 pm

Ink from ancient Egyptian papyri contains copper

The pigments were likely obtained as a byproduct of sulfurous…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | November 14, 2017 | 4:37 pm

Planetary Resources readies asteroid mining technology for Dec. launch

The Arkyd-6 spacecraft includes core technology that will be used…

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 14, 2017 | 11:35 am

Former Xstrata CEO Mick Davis may become Rio Tinto new chairman

The mining veteran could face competition from internal candidates, including…

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 14, 2017 | 3:47 am

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Escondida mine workers agree to suspend planned work stoppage

Workers at Chile’s Escondida, the largest copper mine in the world, agreed to temporarily suspend a work stoppage planned for next week to meet with local regulators.

Reuters | September 9, 2022 | 3:05 pm

Copper price up on lower-than-expected inflation in China

Copper consumption in China is expected to be stronger in the fourth quarter.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 9, 2022 | 10:09 am

Mitsubishi Materials to buy out Onahama copper smelter partners

Mitsubishi, Japan's third-largest copper supplier, also plans to construct a new pre-processing facility for recycled materials at the Onahama plant.

Reuters | September 9, 2022 | 10:07 am

Osisko Gold acquires NSR royalty on Marimaca copper project in Chile

The newly created royalty covers approximately 1,310 hectares of existing resource and prospective, near-resource targets.

Staff Writer | September 9, 2022 | 9:49 am

Pentwater weighs legal action over Rio Tinto-Turquoise Hill deal

The activist investor is the second-largest shareholder of Turquoise Hill Resources.

Reuters | September 9, 2022 | 8:55 am

Fatal accident at Ivanhoe’s Kamoa-Kakula mine in Congo

It occurred in a development area at the underground Kansoko mine when a ground fall struck an employee.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 9, 2022 | 5:19 am

Talon Metals expands resource at Tamarack nickel project in Minnesota

Fresh drilling results show thicker, higher-grade nickel-copper mineralization in an area outside the project’s defined resource zone.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 9, 2022 | 4:22 am

Chile environmental regulator orders Antofagasta to apply risk control measures

SMA has asked the miner to implement seven measures to control risks linked to the rescue of hydrocarbons.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 8, 2022 | 4:01 pm

Copper price rises on supply disruption concerns

Workers at BHP's Escondida threatened on Wednesday to go on strike over what they described as safety concerns.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 8, 2022 | 8:13 am

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