Base Metals Top Stories

The bear case for the zinc price

JP Morgan: "We think the second-half 2017 fundamental outlook for zinc looks less supportive, easing supply constraints and questionable demand strength."

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

Amplats warns H1 profits to fall on impairments, rand

South Africa's Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) expects half-year profits to…

Reuters | July 18, 2017 | 11:25 am

Clean energy transition to increase demand for minerals — World Bank

Big winners will be aluminum, copper, lead, lithium, manganese, nickel,…

World Bank | July 18, 2017 | 6:10 am

Rio Tinto axes iron ore export forecast for the year

It also revised down its expected share of hard coking…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 18, 2017 | 3:35 am

Zinc, lead prices gain on deeper deficits

New report shows lead swinging into 91,000 tonne deficit and…

Frik Els | July 17, 2017 | 4:59 pm

Tycoon faces key vote for plan to tap Vedanta cash reserves

The group’s rapid expansion including acquisitions of metal companies has left it with an $11.7 billion debt load as of March.

Bloomberg News | October 7, 2022 | 9:17 am

SolGold becomes sole owner of Cascabel with Cornerstone buy

The friendly deal is SolGold’s third attempt to take over the Canadian junior to own 100% of the project in Ecuador.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 7, 2022 | 8:34 am

Copper price down on US jobs report

The Labor Department report showed employers added a larger-than-expected jobs, raising fears of big rate hike next month.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 7, 2022 | 7:49 am

Collective Mining grows Guayabales gold zone in Colombia

Diamond drill hole APC-14 at the Apollo target extended the southern dimension of the Main Breccia discovery, increasing its overall width by 90%.

Staff Writer | October 7, 2022 | 7:45 am

Pan Pacific plans 18.9% increase in second-half copper output

Japan's biggest copper supplier plans to produce 303,300 tonnes of refined copper in the second half of the 2022/23 financial year.

Reuters | October 7, 2022 | 7:14 am

Trevali Mining liquidates Burkina Faso assets after deadly flood

The miner's 90%-owned subsidiary Nantou Mining has kicked off a shutdown process that includes the disposal of all assets in the country.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 7, 2022 | 3:46 am

First US cobalt mining operation to begin after more than 30-year hiatus

Jervois Global is starting the first US cobalt mine in Idaho on Friday, according to chief executive Bryce Crocker.

Bloomberg News | October 6, 2022 | 2:04 pm

LME seeks market opinion on possible Russian metal ban

The world's largest and oldest metals exchange highlights three options and requests feedback by market participants by Oct. 28.

Reuters | October 6, 2022 | 12:51 pm

Chile files sinkhole-related charges against Lundin Mining

Two of the four charges filed by the environmental regulator are related to overextraction and construction outside of approved zones.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 6, 2022 | 8:35 am

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