Base Metals Top Stories

Striking miners at BHP’s Escondida block roads, clash with police

Incidents come despite a local judge ruled late Tuesday that a deferred payment from 2016 should go out to workers within 48 hours.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 1, 2017 | 9:48 am

Newmont open to new partner to expand Yanacocha gold mine in Peru

A potential expansion would allow South America's largest gold mine…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 1, 2017 | 5:05 am

Scientists discover why world’s richest ore deposits were formed

Scientists have discovered why some of the richest ore deposits…

University of Tasmania | February 28, 2017 | 12:54 pm

Explorers frustrated with waiting times for permits in B.C., the Territories

On the level of transparency in the approvals process, jurisdictions…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 28, 2017 | 7:00 am

Canada’s Saskatchewan and Manitoba are the world’s new top mining destinations

Both provinces displaced Western Australia from the first to the…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 28, 2017 | 1:55 am

BHP may reconsider investments in Chile if tax hikes go forward

BHP said in a statement that higher taxes would make Chile more expensive than other top mining jurisdictions like Australia, Canada and Peru.

Reuters | July 17, 2022 | 10:42 am

CMOC’s Congo mine suspends copper and cobalt exports

MOC's Tenke Fungurume copper and cobalt mine has suspended all exports.

Reuters | July 17, 2022 | 10:34 am

Ancient piece of earth’s crust defines location of economically important minerals

The almost four billion-year-old piece of the earth's crust lies beneath the southwestern part of Western Australia.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | July 17, 2022 | 7:31 am

LME delays by seven weeks requirement for OTC reporting

The delay to Sept. 5 from the original implementation date of July 18 was to ensure that data is reported properly and accurately, the LME said.

Reuters | July 15, 2022 | 11:04 am

CanAlaska discovers new uranium zone at West McArthur project in Saskatchewan, stock surges

West McArthur is situated in the Athabasca Basin in Saskatchewan, between 6-30 km to the west of the world's richest uranium mine: Cameco's McArthur River.

Staff Writer | July 15, 2022 | 9:39 am

Column: China’s sluggish commodity imports set to improve, but risks abound

Overall, China is at a very different point in its economic cycle to much of the rest of the world, writes Clyde Russell.

Reuters | July 15, 2022 | 8:29 am

Electronic nose closer to detecting multiple toxic gases simultaneously

A recently developed environmental sensor may be lifesaving in a number of industries, including mining.

Staff Writer | July 15, 2022 | 6:06 am

Cost of expansion at Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi rises again

A cost and schedule reforecast now pegs the total project costs at $7.06 billion, almost $1.8 billion higher than its original estimate in 2015.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 15, 2022 | 4:01 am

Chile top court ratifies closure of Canadian-owned Pascua Lama project

Barrick's controversial gold and copper mining project was previously ordered to shutter by the country's environmental regulator in 2018.

Reuters | July 14, 2022 | 11:38 am

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