Base Metals Top Stories

Big mining’s age of austerity far from over

But asset sales will slow says new report.

Frik Els | December 5, 2016 | 8:21 pm

Copper price: Warnings over US trade with China, Mexico

Moody's says base-metals will come under pressure in 2017 –…

Frik Els | December 4, 2016 | 8:12 pm

Hedge funds make $5 billion bet on rising copper price

Large scale speculators in copper futures lift bullish positioning to…

Frik Els | December 4, 2016 | 6:19 pm

Top 10 mines riding zinc price wave

Zinc is the best performing metal of 2016.

Vladimir Basov | December 4, 2016 | 5:03 pm

New $264m Zimbabwe platinum mine to last 34 years

Completing the $264-million mine will boost the platinum reserves of…

Andrew Topf | December 4, 2016 | 4:20 pm

Wallbridge spins out nickel assets to focus on gold

Canadian company said it wants to focus on its core gold projects Fenelon and Martiniere, and is selling its Grasset and RUM projects in Quebec and its Sudbury and NW projects in Ontario.

Naimul Karim | July 13, 2022 | 2:12 pm

China June copper imports jump 15% on prior month

Demand picked up following the lifting of covid-19 lockdowns that had hurt manufacturing activity.

Reuters | July 13, 2022 | 1:24 pm

Osisko Metals updates Pine Point PEA, showing robust zinc project in Northwest Territories

Over a projected 12-year mine life, Pine Point is expected to produce an annual average of 329 million lb. zinc and 141 million lb. lead.

Staff Writer | July 13, 2022 | 10:51 am

Umicore plans $1.2 billion battery materials plant in Ontario

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has signed a deal with Belgium's Umicore to build a new battery facility in Ontario.

Reuters | July 13, 2022 | 8:36 am

Column: Collapsing metal inventories clash with plunging prices

Shrinking exchange stocks should be a bullish price signal. Right now, however, macro is trumping micro as Western recession fears pummel the industrial metals complex.

Reuters | July 13, 2022 | 6:30 am

CSIRO contracted to plan environmental monitoring for deep-sea nodule collection

Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation to create a framework for the development of an ecosystem-based management and monitoring plan.

Staff Writer | July 12, 2022 | 3:33 pm