Base Metals Top Stories

Barrick to give Tanzania stake in mines, $300 million to end dispute

The deal does not mean Tanzania will immediately lift the demand for Barrick's subsidiary Acacia Mining to pay $190 billion in allegedly unpaid taxes.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 19, 2017 | 3:31 am

Canadian Mining Hall of Fame welcomes four new inductees for 2018

Bob Gannicott, Ross Beaty, Terry MacGibbon and Ed Thompson to…

Nadia Lepak | October 18, 2017 | 1:28 pm

Chile’s Cochilco boosts copper forecast to near $3 per pound in 2018

It expects an average global copper price of $2.95 per…

Reuters | October 18, 2017 | 9:08 am

Vale puts stake in New Caledonian nickel unit up for sale

Move is part of a wider review of low performing…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 18, 2017 | 7:07 am

BHP’s copper production up sharply, iron ore down

Fire shrinks Mt Whaleback iron ore production, but output at…

Frik Els | October 17, 2017 | 3:35 pm

Mongolia calls on Rio Tinto to keep budget for giant copper mine in check

The two partners have only just ended a long-running tussle over the underground expansion of the mine.

Reuters | January 26, 2023 | 9:50 am

Clean energy sets $1.1 trillion record that’s bound to be broken

2022 was the first year when investment in decarbonizing energy surpassed $1 trillion.

Bloomberg News | January 26, 2023 | 8:03 am

Chile mine delays to slow copper growth; peak seen lower, later – regulator

Likely output of the red metal will peak at some 7.14 million tonnes in 2030, two years later than anticipated.

Reuters | January 26, 2023 | 7:28 am

Cochilco raises 2023 copper price forecast to $3.85/lb

Cochilco also pegged its estimated 2024 copper price at an average of $3.65 a pound.

Reuters | January 26, 2023 | 7:09 am

LME expands nickel committee to help improve contract, dwindling volumes

Nickel volumes on the LME crashed 28% last year from 2021.

Reuters | January 26, 2023 | 7:07 am

Panama won’t allow First Quantum to expand copper mine operations

"The company has asked for more surface to operate and we have said no," said the deputy environment minister Diana Laguna.

Reuters | January 26, 2023 | 7:04 am

How tungsten can help make nuclear fusion energy a reality

Researchers say that improving tungsten-heavy alloys is key to making advanced nuclear fusion reactors work.

Staff Writer | January 26, 2023 | 5:05 am

Eight new mines or expansions in British Columbia worth investment of $4.9 billion

The biggest new mine proposal is the Seabridge Gold KSM project in the province's northwest.

Nelson Bennett - Business in Vancouver | January 25, 2023 | 4:39 pm

Discovery Silver expands Cordero project output as costs limit returns

The project, located in northern Mexico, is forecast to produce 33 million tonnes of silver-equivalent over an 18-year mine life.

Staff Writer | January 25, 2023 | 3:06 pm

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