Base Metals Top Stories

Copper price turns higher again – Grasberg gashed

Top listed copper producer Freeport says negotiations with Indonesia going nowhere – will slash production at iconic mine by 60%.

Frik Els | February 20, 2017 | 12:51 pm

The world’s top 10 highest-grade copper mines

While the copper market is gaining momentum, it is a…

Vladimir Basov | February 19, 2017 | 4:06 pm

Northern Dynasty slams short-seller report as class-suit looms

Rebuttal comes as shareholders launched an investigation over possible false…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 17, 2017 | 3:21 am

Zinc, lead rally bad news for silver price

Silver is mainly a byproduct of zinc, lead (and copper)…

Frik Els | February 16, 2017 | 3:55 pm

Zinc’s time to shine

Zinc was the second-best performing commodity in 2016, with a…

James Fraser | February 16, 2017 | 10:04 am

Collective Mining drills 180.6 metres of 2.43 g/t gold equivalent at Apollo target in Colombia

Apollo is one of eight porphyry-related targets the company has found within a 3-km by 4-km cluster, and is part of the Guayabales project.

Northern Miner Staff | August 29, 2022 | 12:32 pm

Copper price back below $8,000 as hawkish Fed outweighs supply risk

“The recession fears are still there in the background,” said WisdomTree commodity strategist Nitesh Shah.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 29, 2022 | 9:07 am

Goldman says ‘buy commodities now, worry about recession later’

“Our economists view the risk of a recession outside Europe in the next 12 months as relatively low,” bank analysts said.

Bloomberg News | August 29, 2022 | 8:18 am

Gold mine plays key role in proving dark matter’s existence

Researchers working at the Stawell gold mine want to figure out whether dark matter actually exists.

Staff Writer | August 29, 2022 | 5:05 am

Former Rio Tinto Bougainville copper mine poses flood risk – report

Due to the urgent nature of the threat, a rapid risk assessment will begin led by global environmental firm Tetra Tech Coffey, which prepared the report.

Reuters | August 29, 2022 | 3:06 am

Chile warns area around sinkhole at high risk of further collapse

The Committee for Disaster Risk Management said the area is at high risk of further cracks or sinking near the Alcaparrosa mine.

Reuters | August 28, 2022 | 10:01 am

Commodity prices influence development of climate change mitigation technology in mining industry

A recent report shows that the development of climate change mitigation technology in the mining industry has been influenced by both the Paris Agreement and commodity price trends.

Staff Writer | August 28, 2022 | 6:49 am

Video interview: American Pacific Mining’s Constantine buy a ‘win-win’ for both juniors

Constantine shareholders will receive 0.881 shares of American Pacific, representing a 48% premium to the value of the 20-day average share price of Constantine equity.

Henry Lazenby | August 26, 2022 | 2:02 pm

Codelco names Andre Sougarret as new CEO

The world's largest copper producer named Andre Sougarret as its new chief executive.

Reuters | August 26, 2022 | 1:04 pm

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