Base Metals Top Stories

BHP rejects activist fund Elliott urge to spin off US oil assets

Company says the associated risks of spinning off about $22 billion of its US oil assets and listing them in New York would significantly outweigh any potential benefits.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 10, 2017 | 3:22 am

U3O8 Corp. stakes the old La Niquelina uranium-cobalt-nickel mine

Mineralization was discovered at La Niquelina in 1944, with modest…

CNW Group | April 9, 2017 | 3:05 pm

Top 10 copper mining companies in 2016

2016 highlights: a year of breakthroughs and setbacks

Vladimir Basov | April 7, 2017 | 4:05 pm

Canadians asked to weigh in on Teck’s proposed oil sands mine

The Frontier project is located 110 kilometres north of Fort…

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 7, 2017 | 9:02 am

Rio Tinto to fight $447 million Australian tax bill

The amount is linked to what is known as “transfer…

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 6, 2017 | 10:03 am

Glencore cuts off Chinese trader caught up in missing copper scandal

Huludao Ruisheng's storage site in Qinhuangdao is reportedly holding about one-third of the 300,000 tonnes of copper concentrate it should have.

MINING.COM Editor | August 12, 2022 | 6:05 am

BHP, Pan Pacific Copper and Norsepower partner to reduce emissions on shipping routes

Aim is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on routes between BHP’s mines in Chile and PPC’s smelters in Japan.

Staff Writer | August 11, 2022 | 3:28 pm

Stolberg lead plant to reopen when sale to Nyrstar approved

The plant, in the west of Germany, was sold to commodities group Trafigura in July.

Reuters | August 11, 2022 | 10:56 am

Adani plans $5.2 billion alumina mill in growing metal ambitions

The flagship company of the Adani Group got the approval to build the refinery and a captive power plant in Rayagada.

Bloomberg News | August 11, 2022 | 10:43 am

Copper price near 6-week high on softer than expected US inflation

US consumer prices did not rise in July compared with economists' expectation of a 0.2% gain.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 11, 2022 | 10:34 am

Miners face supply chain overhaul to meet US EV credit deadline

To win the full credit, EV makers have to source in 2023 at least two-fifths of battery materials from the US or free trade agreement partners such as Canada, Chile and Australia or recycle it in North America.

Reuters | August 11, 2022 | 10:17 am

New Colombian govt must exercise caution on reforms – business leader

The Petro administration, which took office on Sunday, has proposed a tax reform bill to Congress that would raise $5.8 billion in 2023 in an effort to increase revenue for anti-poverty programs.

Reuters | August 11, 2022 | 8:33 am