Base Metals Top Stories

COLUMN-COMEX copper stocks are at 13-year highs, and rising: Andy Home

COMEX stocks are the third, often forgotten component of the global copper inventory picture.

Reuters | August 24, 2017 | 2:12 pm

Congo H1 copper output up 15%, inflation to hit 52%-cbank

Copper output in Congo, Africa's top producer of the metal,…

Reuters | August 24, 2017 | 1:54 pm

The base metal breakout – industrial commodities threaten their decade-long downtrend

Base metals are showing signs of real strength, with prices…

Sprott's Thoughts | August 24, 2017 | 11:15 am

Trump to open parts of Utah National Monument to miners, oil firms — report

The monument, one of the 27 President Trump is taking…

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 24, 2017 | 9:55 am

Brazil to let mining happen in Amazon area the size of Switzerland

The region, preserved as a national reserve for more than…

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 24, 2017 | 5:20 am

Cost reductions for renewables may stall in Australia – report

Inflation and supply chain disruptions are to blame for the stall of cost reductions for renewable energy in Australia, according to the 2022 GenCost report.

Staff Writer | July 12, 2022 | 6:06 am

Anglo American’s Quellaveco yields first copper concentrate

The $5.5 billion Peruvian copper project, to come on stream by mid-year, is expected to produce 100,000 to 150,000 tonnes of copper this year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 12, 2022 | 3:56 am

Seabridge Gold to spend $115 million this year prepping KSM mine in British Columbia

The company behind what is said to be the largest undeveloped gold-copper deposit in the world is looking for a joint venture partner.

Nelson Bennett - Business in Vancouver | July 11, 2022 | 3:01 pm

Komatsu, Codelco to trial unique tunneling machine at Chuquicamata mine

The new tunnel boring machine is equipped with new technologies that enable adaptability to small curves, reversing, and passing intersections in hard rock tunnel excavation.

Staff Writer | July 11, 2022 | 11:02 am

Congo plans border post expansion as mining trucks endure up to 60 km queues

Miners with operations in Congo say they have been calling on the government to invest in infrastructure.

Reuters | July 11, 2022 | 9:53 am

Copper price hits a 20-month low on recession fears

Money manager positioning on the CME copper contract is as bearish as it has been since Q1 2020, according to Reuters columnist Andy Home.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 11, 2022 | 8:42 am

Cornish Metals kicks off new drill campaign at South Crofty

It will drill a minimum of 8,000 metres as part of an ongoing feasibility study at the tin-copper project in Cornwall, southwest England.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 11, 2022 | 8:38 am

Column: Hedge funds up the bear ante on Doctor Copper and friends

Money manager positioning on the CME copper contract is as bearish as it has been since the first quarter of 2020 when industrial metals prices collapsed as China, writes Andy Home.

Reuters | July 11, 2022 | 8:24 am

Chile currency plunge, inflation rattle Latin America’s copper king

The Chilean peso has plummeted more than 15% over the last month.

Reuters | July 11, 2022 | 8:07 am

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