Base Metals Top Stories

Making the grade: understanding exploration results

The most exciting news from a mining exploration stock is a high-grade drilling result.

Resource World | March 24, 2017 | 2:59 pm

Manganese – the third electric vehicle metal no one is talking about

Manganese is a critical and irreplaceable element used in steel…

Palisade Research | March 24, 2017 | 2:35 pm

World’s first seabed gold, copper, silver mine to begin production in 2019

Canada’s Nautilus Minerals is getting closer to kicking off operations…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 24, 2017 | 1:44 pm

Jakarta: Freeport could lose Grasberg control within 2 years

State holding company ready to take 51% stake says Indonesian…

Frik Els | March 23, 2017 | 2:46 pm

Iskut could be as important to Seabridge as KSM

Seabridge's Iskut project has the potential to be another success…

The Gold Report | March 23, 2017 | 12:49 pm

Seabridge Gold PEA outlines standalone underground mine plan at KSM in British Columbia

The PEA outlines primarily an underground block cave mining operation supplemented with a small open pit, and is planned to operate for 39 years with a peak mill feed production of 170,000 t/d.

Staff Writer | August 3, 2022 | 8:50 am

Global copper and nickel smelting slides in July, satellite data shows

Smelting activity was hit by weakness in China and the biggest mining region South America.

Reuters | August 3, 2022 | 7:58 am

Greatland Gold plans listing in Australia

Chief executive Shaun Day said the London-listed company was reviewing the opportunity to “get the best of both worlds.”

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 3, 2022 | 6:27 am

Impoverished Zimbabweans turn to scrap metal trade as inflation bites

Annual inflation, which hit 256.9% in July, has cast a shadow over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's bid to revitalise the economy.

Reuters | August 3, 2022 | 5:55 am

Nornickel reduces nickel, palladium sales in H1 as supply chains disrupted

Nornickel's first-half sales of nickel fell by 6%, palladium by 4% and platinum by 18%.

Reuters | August 2, 2022 | 10:52 am

Sinkhole drags down Lundin shares as analysts weigh mine impact

Lundin said Monday it had halted development work near the site, but that the sinkhole didn’t affect the community, workers or its annual output guidance.

Bloomberg News | August 2, 2022 | 10:32 am