Base Metals Top Stories

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

Codelco, which sends all its profits to state coffers, posted a larger profit in the first quarter of 2017 than in all of 2016 as a result of a strict policy of containing costs and a modest recovery in global prices for the red metal.

Reuters | July 17, 2017 | 1:38 pm

Copper price jumps on gangbusters China growth

Chinese economy on track for first annual growth acceleration since…

Frik Els | July 17, 2017 | 12:24 pm

Glencore mulls spinning off mining royalties into new company

The spin-off business would go after royalty agreements in copper,…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 17, 2017 | 8:33 am

Botswana Diamonds jumps on prospecting licence expansion

Vutomi licences were extended into additional area of mineralization adjacent…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 17, 2017 | 4:00 am

Copper production to take a quantum leap in this mining nation

Groups estimate that a full 18 new copper projects are…

Oilprice.com | July 15, 2017 | 7:57 pm

Filo Mining shares rise following new drills results from Aurora zone

Hole 67 returned an intersection of 1,131.6 metres at 1.11% copper equivalent from a depth of 132 metres.

Staff Writer | October 6, 2022 | 8:29 am

Zinc and aluminum prices rise as LME bans new metal from Russian firm

Prices climbed after the London Metal Exchange said it will restrict new deliveries from Russia’s Ural Mining & Metallurgical Co.

Bloomberg News | October 6, 2022 | 8:23 am

Column: Third European smelter closure compounds zinc conundrum

Europe's energy crisis is taking a rising toll on the region's industrial capacity with another zinc smelter going into care and maintenance.

Reuters | October 6, 2022 | 8:07 am

Horizonte Minerals flags cost increase at Brazil nickel project

The company started building the Araguaia nickel mine, which it acquired from Glencore in 2015, in May this year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 6, 2022 | 6:26 am

USGS, NASA to map southwestern United States for critical mineral potential

With $16 million in funding from the Biden administration, portions of California, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah will be mapped for critical mineral potential.

Staff Writer | October 6, 2022 | 6:06 am