Base Metals Top Stories

Copper price consensus outlook suggest rally will run out of steam

Even the most optimistic forecasts for copper by year-end is below the spot price.

MINING.com Editor | August 16, 2017 | 7:17 am

Zinc prices hit decade-high on shrinking Chinese stockpiles

Metal traded above $3,000 per tonne on the LME for…

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 16, 2017 | 7:16 am

Flash floods hit Freeport Indonesia’s mining operations

Flash floods have left one worker missing and caused extensive…

Reuters | August 16, 2017 | 2:53 am

Ross Beaty: “Trump will be forgotten”

In an exclusive Critical Resource Q&A, leading mining entrepreneur Ross…

Critical Resource | August 15, 2017 | 10:43 am

Tech guru unveils new battery to challenge lithium-ion

The rise of electric vehicles and the quest to find…

Oilprice.com | August 15, 2017 | 10:11 am

Rio Tinto plays chancy round of Mongolian roulette

December 9 is shaping up to be a big day for Rio Tinto chief executive Jakob Stausholm.

Reuters | December 7, 2022 | 10:06 am

JPMorgan helps MineSense raise $42m to close copper gap

Funds raised will help MineSense to speed up the commercial release of a solution that could help close an expected copper deficit.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 7, 2022 | 8:17 am

Nyrstar’s Auby zinc plant on care and maintenance until further notice

High power prices have spurred suspensions and cutbacks by smelters throughout Europe.

Reuters | December 7, 2022 | 8:11 am

CMOC pushes back as Congo’s Gecamines demands compensation in cobalt mine dispute

Congo suspects CMOC understated the mine's reserves to reduce the amount of royalties it pays to Gecamines.

Reuters | December 7, 2022 | 7:08 am

Vale to break out base metals business, sell stake in 2023

Vale will separate the base metal assets from its iron ore operations and unveil a strategic partner in the first half of 2023.

Bloomberg News | December 7, 2022 | 7:00 am

Probe Metals, Midland make polymetallic discovery at La Peltrie in Quebec

According to Probe, the breadth of the discovery indicates the potential for a large mineralized system.

Staff Writer | December 6, 2022 | 2:46 pm

Kodiak Copper stock rises following high-grade gold-silver discovery in British Columbia

The discovery was made on surface within the Beyer Zone, where the company previously reported a surface sample that assayed 14.15 g/t gold and 9.40 g/t silver.

Staff Writer | December 6, 2022 | 2:45 pm

Ring of Fire Metals and Webequie First Nation sign MOU on Ontario nickel project development

The Eagle’s Nest project has been billed as the largest high-grade nickel discovery in Canada since Voisey’s Bay in Labrador.

Staff Writer | December 6, 2022 | 11:15 am

US risks stoking inflation if carbon-linked tariffs hit China

China’s steel and aluminum exports are under attack once again, as the US and European Union weigh new tariffs linked to carbon emissions.

Bloomberg News | December 6, 2022 | 10:28 am

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