Base Metals Top Stories

Pebble mine a step closer to reality as EPA to withdraw restrictions

The agency has proposed revoking its 2014 determination banning any large-scale mine in the area where Pebble would be built on the grounds it would damage the region’s key salmon industry.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 12, 2017 | 8:06 am

Indonesia seeks meeting with Freeport CEO to end copper mine dispute

Indonesia says it will invite the head of mining giant…

Reuters | July 11, 2017 | 11:00 am

Rio Tinto in search of the next Escondida mine in Chile

The so-called Palmani project aims to discover and characterize the…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 11, 2017 | 9:24 am

‘Out of control’ Canada’s wildfires close to Kinder Morgan’s pipeline

Some of the worst fires, raging in BC’s interior, have…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 11, 2017 | 6:48 am

Canada wildfires disrupt mines, force 14,000 from their homes

Rapidly spreading wildfires in British Columbia disrupted operations at two…

Reuters | July 10, 2017 | 3:23 pm

Copper price pressured by crumbling demand

"It's clear we will have lower demand and potentially lower prices into the latter part of this year," says Bank of America.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 3, 2022 | 9:26 am

Mitsui Mining expects H2 zinc output to rise 0.2%

Japan's biggest zinc smelter plans to produce 110,800 tonnes of refined zinc in the second half of the 2022/23 financial year.

Reuters | October 3, 2022 | 7:09 am

Understanding how li-ion battery electrolytes work may give EVs a boost – study

Researchers have advanced microscopy techniques to take a closer look at what happens at the molecular scale in lithium-ion battery electrolytes.

Staff Writer | October 3, 2022 | 5:05 am

Los Pelambres union members vote in favour of strike action

Antofagasta has four days to ask the Labour Department for mediation.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 2, 2022 | 12:06 pm

Mexican legislator calls for public release of mining companies’ financial, environmental records

Mexican MP Adriana Bustamante presented an amendment to Article 7 of the country’s Mining Law, which allows mining companies to keep financial and environmental information confidential.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 2, 2022 | 10:56 am