Base Metals Top Stories

Vale closing Birchtree nickel mine in Manitoba

200 jobs lost.

Frik Els | May 16, 2017 | 3:55 pm

Glencore: ‘Electric vehicle revolution is happening faster than expected’

Copper, cobalt, nickel and manganese demand boost as major car…

Frik Els | May 16, 2017 | 3:04 pm

Turquoise Hill revenue surprise lifts shares 6%

Vancouver-based company's Mongolian copper and gold mine expected to be…

Frik Els | May 16, 2017 | 1:50 pm

British Columbia mining revenue was up $1B last year

Met coal is king.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 16, 2017 | 9:32 am

These 5 trends will boost copper demand

Increasing demand for efficient building systems, electric vehicles and renewables…

MINING.com Editor | May 16, 2017 | 5:00 am

ISS sides with top Turquoise Hill investors in dismissing Rio takeover

ISS recommended Turquoise Hill shareholders vote against Rio’s cash offer to acquire 49% of the stock it doesn’t own for C$43 a share, the firm said.

Bloomberg News | October 21, 2022 | 9:00 am

LME Week: cocktails, canapés and crises

Trading volumes have been sliding sharply since the nickel blow-out in March and there's lingering uncertainty as to the future of the exchange's iconic open outcry trading ring, writes Andy Home.

Reuters | October 21, 2022 | 8:26 am

DRC improves extractive sector transparency but more needed – anti-graft body

The DRC has published around 200 contracts and related documents in the last two years.

Reuters | October 21, 2022 | 8:04 am

BHP chief executive cautiously optimistic about China’s economic growth

The International Monetary Fund forecasts China's GDP will expand by just 3.2% this year, down from 8.1% growth in 2021.

Reuters | October 21, 2022 | 7:58 am

All the metals we mined in 2021: Visualized

The world mined 2.8 billion tonnes of metals in 2021. This infographic visualizes them all on the same scale.

Visual Capitalist - Elements | October 20, 2022 | 10:32 pm

‘Strikingly tight’ copper market belies price drop, Freeport says

Macroeconomic headwinds have pushed copper futures down almost 30% from a peak in March.

Bloomberg News | October 20, 2022 | 1:21 pm

Los Andes Copper on track to deliver Vizcachitas feasibility by year-end, says CEO

The company is currently mobilizing drill teams after a July environmental court decision reinstating the drilling permit.

Henry Lazenby | October 20, 2022 | 11:26 am

CHARTS: “Almost unattainable” gap between green energy copper demand and mining supply

New report estimates 1 million additional tonnes of copper supply is needed per year to meet climate goals. The tally so far in 2022? 260,000 tonnes.

Staff Writer | October 20, 2022 | 9:53 am

Aluminum rebound buoys Alcoa, muting global slowdown worries

The largest US aluminum producer had third-quarter adjusted loss of $60 million or 33 cents a share, missing the average estimate of 3 cents profit.

Bloomberg News | October 20, 2022 | 9:51 am

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