Base Metals Top Stories

Mount Polley permitted to pipe treated wastewater into Quesnel Lake

Imperial Metals (TSX:III) has been granted a water discharge permit from the B.C. government that will allow the company to flow treated mine wastewater from the Mount Polley mine into Quesnel Lake.

Andrew Topf | April 23, 2017 | 4:23 pm

BHP top shareholders step up pressure for oil spinoff

They're pressing the company not only to accept a proposal…

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 21, 2017 | 10:19 am

Strike at Escondida hurt Rio Tinto copper output

Production for the first three months of the year slumped…

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 21, 2017 | 4:27 am

Vale’s iron ore output just hit another record

Production of the steelmaking raw material jumped 11% to 86.2…

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 20, 2017 | 8:22 am

Goldcorp begins friendly $247 million takeover of Exeter

Exeter shareholders will receive 0.12 of a common share of…

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 20, 2017 | 6:08 am

SolGold’s Cascabel could be “top 20” mine in South America

Long-delayed pre-feasibility study for the copper-gold project in Ecuador confirms Cascabel is "no ordinary mining asset."

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 20, 2022 | 5:56 am

IMF says LME governance needs strengthening after nickel fiasco

The LME said at the time that it took action after the nickel price spike posed a systemic risk to its market.

Bloomberg News | April 19, 2022 | 12:39 pm

Alphamin kicks off potential sale as tin prices surge

Alphamin announced in November it was seeking a strategic review to maximize shareholder value.

Bloomberg News | April 19, 2022 | 11:57 am

Libero shares jump on lengthy copper intercepts from Mocoa project in Colombia

The company released partial assay results from its first diamond drill hole at the Mocoa porphyry copper deposit in Putumayo.

Staff Writer | April 19, 2022 | 8:51 am

South Africa says Durban port functional after flood devastation

A backlog of thousands of containers will be cleared within five to six days, the public enterprises minister said.

Reuters | April 19, 2022 | 7:58 am

Copper Fox’s Schaft Creek JV preparing for 5,000m summer drilling

The Schaft Creek deposit, located in northwestern BC, is one of the largest undeveloped porphyry copper deposits in North America.

Staff Writer | April 19, 2022 | 7:45 am

Namibian cuprous oxide gemstone could hold key to quantum computers

Researchers found that a naturally mined cuprous oxide gemstone from Namibia can help produce Rydberg polaritons.

Staff Writer | April 19, 2022 | 5:05 am

Commodity stocks oust financials as Canadian market heavyweights

Energy and materials companies now constitute about 31.07% of the S&P/TSX Composite Index, surpassing Canada's banks, insurers and asset managers.

Bloomberg News | April 19, 2022 | 4:40 am

Last leg of Ring of Fire road enters the environmental assessment process

Access to the region in Northern Ontario is a challenge as paved roads are at least 300 km away.

Naimul Karim | April 18, 2022 | 12:10 pm

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