Base Metals Top Stories

BHP’s Mackenzie, Elliot Management face off

US activist investor steps up pressure on BHP to ditch petroleum. Mackenzie says company already knows what to do to lift value by 50% and double return on capital.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 16, 2017 | 4:15 am

Teck dam deal brings giant Chile copper project in focus

Report says $1.2B hydro sale could provide Vancouver-based company the…

Frik Els | May 15, 2017 | 3:45 pm

Incredible platinum uses

How platinum is used in technologies from pacemakers to fibre-glass...

BullionVault.com | May 15, 2017 | 12:21 pm

London Royal Mint launches its first ever platinum bullion products

The Royal Mint has timed its first entry into the…

The Royal Mint | May 15, 2017 | 11:40 am

Chinalco wants to be sole owner of world’s largest iron ore deposit

Move comes barely seven months after Rio Tinto agreed to…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 15, 2017 | 9:42 am

McEwen lands Rio Tinto venture for Argentina-focused copper unit

Rio’s copper leaching technology venture, Nuton, snapped up most of the McEwen Copper shares in the final tranche of a private placement.

Bloomberg News | September 1, 2022 | 8:21 am

The next big battery material squeeze is old batteries

It could take 15 years or more for old batteries to eventually arrive at recycling plants.

Bloomberg News | September 1, 2022 | 8:12 am

Column: Surging copper demand will complicate the clean energy boom

Copper demand will increase by more than 50% between now and 2040, according to BloombergNEF.

Bloomberg News | September 1, 2022 | 7:55 am

African Rainbow Minerals not convinced nickel price sustainable

Nkomati mine remains under care and maintenance.

Reuters | September 1, 2022 | 7:17 am

Rio Tinto to pay $3.3 billion for full Turquoise Hill ownership

The agreement, subject to shareholders' vote, would make Rio direct owner of the giant Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in Mongolia.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 1, 2022 | 3:33 am

Codelco’s copper output to fall further in 2023 — report

The world's largest copper producer expects its output of the red metal to fall further next year amid project delays.

Reuters | August 31, 2022 | 2:33 pm

Quebec Nickel drills greater than 1% nickel at Ducros project

Three key targets so far at the project are Fortin Sill, the Ducros Sill Complex and the Ducros Gabbro.

Northern Miner Staff | August 31, 2022 | 9:51 am

Ford asks US gov’t to speed up mining permits

Ford says it takes up to 10 years to complete permitting requirements for critical mineral mining in the US, versus two to three years in Canada and Australia.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 31, 2022 | 9:33 am

Mongolian government pays $153m to settle dispute over Erdenet and Monros mines

Erdenet is one of Asia’s biggest copper and molybdenum mines.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 31, 2022 | 9:28 am

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