Base Metals Top Stories

BC Election: Major parties on future of mining

Question of whether government should be industry overseer or collaborator is at centre of resource platforms of Liberals, NDP and Greens

Business in Vancouver | May 1, 2017 | 12:30 pm

Timeline: The adventures of Robert Friedland

Entrepreneur, financier and company-maker.

The Northern Miner | May 1, 2017 | 11:32 am

Sprott Monthly Market Update with Rick Rule: This bull market is in its infancy, a lot of money is about to be made!

Rick sees a very interesting market, which flirted with an…

Palisade Radio | April 28, 2017 | 11:07 am

Anglo American to resume operations at El Soldado mine in Chile

The company had warned it would evaluate options for the…

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 28, 2017 | 9:48 am

Norilsk Nickel sues Botswana over thwarted mine stake deal

The Russian miner wants to recover $271 million it lost…

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 28, 2017 | 5:17 am

Electric car battery bottlenecks have a way of being worked out

Amid all the excitement about battery metal demand, prices for cobalt have plunged 40% from their highs earlier this year.

Bloomberg News | August 23, 2022 | 8:42 am

Boliden declares force majeure on zinc amid Norway strike

Swedish miner declared force majeure due to a strike among Norwegian electrochemical industry workers.

Reuters | August 23, 2022 | 8:20 am

Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz team up with Canada in battery materials push

The agreement includes the production ramp-up of cathode materials.

Reuters | August 23, 2022 | 8:17 am

‘Winter’ approaches for base metals equities, warns Haywood report

Analyst expects the constellation of base metals companies under coverage’s second quarter results to fall below expectations when they start reporting results from month's-end.

Henry Lazenby | August 22, 2022 | 2:50 pm

Antofagasta’s Twin Metals sues US government over Minnesota copper project

Move is a bid to reverse the cancellation of mineral leases for the company's proposed copper and nickel mine.

Reuters | August 22, 2022 | 11:50 am

Glencore to invest $383 million to fix Horne smelter emissions

The Horne smelter is the only copper smelter still operating in Canada.

Staff Writer | August 22, 2022 | 11:29 am

Copper price down on manufacturing slowdown in China

Also weighing on industrial metals are aggressive increases in interest rates by the US Federal Reserve.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 22, 2022 | 10:35 am

Trevali halts trading as Burkina Faso managers face trial following fatal mine flooding

The company also expects trading to be halted on the Lima Stock Exchange, OTCQX and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and that its common shares may be delisted.

Reuters | August 22, 2022 | 10:32 am

Volkswagen and Mercedes line up tariff-friendly battery supplies in deals with Canada

Automakers have sealed agreements with Canada to secure access to raw materials such as nickel, cobalt and lithium for battery production.

Bloomberg News | August 22, 2022 | 8:17 am

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