Base Metals Top Stories

Teck swings to profit in Q4 but misses expectations

The firm, North America's No.1 producer of coking coal, benefitted from the price rally — steelmaking coal climbed 155.5% to $207 in the quarter.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 15, 2017 | 6:45 am

Northern Dynasty stock hammered by short-seller report

Shares in the Canadian miner behind the stalled Pebble copper-gold…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 15, 2017 | 2:09 am

Striking workers at BHP’s Escondida mine accept Gov’t mediation

The meeting is not a return to mediation but an…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 14, 2017 | 8:13 am

Freeport halts Grasberg mine, begins sending workers home

The firm has not been able to ship copper from…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 14, 2017 | 4:49 am

Weak finish for the Canadian Mining Eye Index in Q4 — EY

EY’s Canadian Mining Eye index declined 13% in the last…

Ernst & Young | February 13, 2017 | 9:45 am

Nexa announces Aripuanã zinc mine ramp up

The mine is currently Nexa’s largest investment in Brazil and one of the few zinc projects in the world.

Bruno Venditti | July 5, 2022 | 3:38 pm

The Metals Company reigniting race to mine the ocean floor

British Columbia firm looks to unleash a new era of resource extraction, raising questions over how to protect deep-sea ecosystems we know little about.

Stefan Labbé - Business in Vancouver | July 5, 2022 | 3:14 pm

Copper price lowest since November 2020 on economic slowdown worries

Prices extended decline as aggressive interest rates, a spike in covid-19 cases in China, potential recession, and rising inventories weighed on investor sentiment.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 5, 2022 | 8:11 am

Bank of England takes deep dive into ‘opaque’ commodities

Big UK banks have up to 50% of their total core capital of gross exposure to commodity producers, suppliers, and traders, and to commodity derivatives.

Reuters | July 5, 2022 | 7:26 am

Congo administrator orders China’s CMOC to stop exports from Tenke cobalt mine

An industry source and a civil society source told Reuters that exports were continuing as normal, despite the order.

Reuters | July 5, 2022 | 7:19 am

Earth’s mineral diversity 75% greater than previously thought

Two papers published in American Mineralogist and sponsored in part by NASA help reconstruct the history of life on earth and guide the search for new minerals and ore deposits.

Staff Writer | July 5, 2022 | 6:06 am