Base Metals Top Stories

BHP’s Escondida mine strike becomes Chile’s longest, ends with no deal

Workers ended their strike and invoked a rarely used legal provision that allows them to extend their old contract, which leaves them in the exact same situation they were before they downed tools.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 23, 2017 | 7:50 am

The 5 biggest private funds investing in mining

Denver is the global capital of private capital raising for…

Frik Els | March 22, 2017 | 10:00 pm

Adrian Day: Now is the time to be buying gold

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SmallCapPower | March 22, 2017 | 10:02 am

RNC Minerals partners with Waterton in Quebec nickel mine

Joint venture will focus on nickel assets, particularly the Quebec-based…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 22, 2017 | 9:13 am

Copper price falls on Grasberg production resumption

Freeport restarts supply to domestic smelter in Indonesia, but the…

Frik Els | March 21, 2017 | 11:24 am

First mover New Pacific, other juniors make headway in once off-limits Bolivia

Once considered a pariah, Bolivia is quickly gaining a reputation as an exciting jurisdiction for mineral exploration.

Tom Azzopardi | August 1, 2022 | 3:22 pm

Chile probes giant sinkhole at Lundin underground copper mine

The sinkhole occurred at Alcaparrosa, one of two underground mines that make up Ojos del Salado, which in turn is part of the Candelaria complex.

Bloomberg News | August 1, 2022 | 1:59 pm

Globally more is being spent on coal than copper mining

New report shows growing disconnect between rhetoric on energy transition, which requires exponential growth in copper mining, and the realities of going green.

Frik Els | August 1, 2022 | 10:24 am

Tesla inks battery materials deals with two China suppliers

The announcements come as major automakers look to scoop up battery metals in the face of a looming shortage.

Bloomberg News | August 1, 2022 | 10:02 am

Indonesia to issue nickel export tax rules in Q3

The government is keen to take advantage of Indonesia's large deposits of nickel to eventually produce batteries for electric vehicles.

Reuters | August 1, 2022 | 8:42 am

Los Pelambres’ desalination plant 86% complete

The desalination plant will turn Los Pelambres into the first mining operation to use seawater to produce copper in Chile’s central region.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | July 31, 2022 | 12:45 pm

Common table sugar key to improving aqueous zinc batteries’ safety features

Researchers at Tsinghua University are proposing the idea of chemically modifying common table sugar to stabilize the zinc-ion environment in aqueous zinc batteries and improve the devices’ safety features.

Staff Writer | July 31, 2022 | 6:15 am