Base Metals Top Stories

Price recovery sparks domestic Chinese copper, iron ore production boom

As steel production reaches all-time high Chinese miners pump out most iron ore since 2015 while refined copper output jumps 12% to highest in 18 months.

Frik Els | July 19, 2017 | 3:53 pm

BHP to spend $277m to modernize Australian copper smelter

The smelter, one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere,…

Reuters | July 19, 2017 | 11:58 am

Peru hit by nationwide mining strike; govt says situation ‘under control’

The indefinite labour action involves 56 unions, which are protesting…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 19, 2017 | 8:39 am

BHP iron ore output hits new record but copper production tanks

World number one miner's Pilbara mines produce 268m tonnes for…

Frik Els | July 18, 2017 | 4:34 pm

The bear case for the zinc price

JP Morgan: "We think the second-half 2017 fundamental outlook for…

Frik Els | July 18, 2017 | 12:57 pm

Moody’s warns Chile constitution uncertainty could hit mining investment

Analyst Barbara Mattos explained that a ban on activities around glaciers could potentially impact 20-25% of current copper production.

Reuters | June 15, 2022 | 1:02 pm

Anglo American to stop using fresh water at Los Bronces by 2030

The $3.3 billion project has been criticized for its impact on water availability in the populous capital region.

Reuters | June 15, 2022 | 9:33 am

Zambia’s ZCCM-IH hires Rothschild & Co for Mopani Copper Mines restructuring

Copper production at the more than 90-year-old mine and smelter complex has fallen and it has been struggling to pay suppliers on time.

Reuters | June 15, 2022 | 7:40 am

Collaboration between brewers, miners may lead to cleaner water supply

According to a research group led by MIT, waste yeast discarded from a single brewery in Boston could be enough to treat the city's entire water supply.

Staff Writer | June 15, 2022 | 6:06 am