Base Metals Top Stories

Amplats warns H1 profits to fall on impairments, rand

South Africa's Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) expects half-year profits to fall by as much as 67 percent due to a stronger rand, lower sales and post-tax impairments, the company said on Tuesday.

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

Chile’s Codelco to post earnings above $1 bln this year – CEO

Codelco, which sends all its profits to state coffers, posted…

Reuters | July 17, 2017 | 1:38 pm

Column: LME shadow stocks up in April but downtrend only paused

Europe and the United States look set to live with very low inventory cover across the metallic board.

Reuters | June 14, 2022 | 8:07 am

Salazar, Adventus earmark $270m for Ecuador copper-gold project

Pre-construction work at the Curipamba-El Domo copper and gold project is expected to begin this year and construction in Q2 2023.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 14, 2022 | 7:58 am

UK ends subsidies for electric cars on surging demand

The £300 million ($349 million) grant-funding program is closing to new orders on Tuesday.

Bloomberg News | June 14, 2022 | 7:56 am

China’s lead surplus to offset shortages in US and Europe

Lead premiums in China's bonded warehouses have been around $130 a tonne since 2020.

Reuters | June 14, 2022 | 7:43 am

PDAC 2022: Colombia pushes diversification of mining sector as presidential vote looms

Colombia has been trying to diversify its mining sector away from thermal coal.

Alisha Hiyate | June 14, 2022 | 7:40 am

Argentina offers tax sweeteners to encourage fledgling copper sector

Argentina said it would introduce a new optional tax regime for copper producers that could potentially lower export duties.

Reuters | June 13, 2022 | 5:36 pm

Aluminum deals on hold, show growing concerns over price outlook

Aluminum prices have stalled this year after a surge of more than 40% in 2021, the biggest rally in more than a decade.

Bloomberg News | June 13, 2022 | 1:00 pm

Copper’s outlook under threat as economic risks pile up

CRU’s latest forecast calls for global copper demand to rise 2.1% per year to 28.5 million metric tons by 2030.

Bloomberg News | June 13, 2022 | 11:25 am

Ghana seeking strategic partner to rebuild VALCO aluminum smelter

Ghana is on a roadshow to find a strategic partner to rebuild state-owned smelter.

Reuters | June 13, 2022 | 9:53 am

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