Base Metals Top Stories

Canada’s Goldcorp to make Borden an all-electric mine

The innovation is expected to eliminate all greenhouse gases associated with the movement of ore and waste rock, equal to 5,000 tons of CO2 per year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 18, 2016 | 11:20 am

Canada’s Quebec launches online tool to help suppliers win up to $50bn in contracts

Platform aims to help local suppliers bid for contacts related…

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 18, 2016 | 7:25 am

Greece grants permit to Eldorado Gold’s Skouries mine

Decision is expected to put an end to years of…

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 18, 2016 | 6:00 am

Miners increased spending positive, but far from reaching staff just yet

While most miners have managed to straighten the balance sheets,…

edumine | November 18, 2016 | 2:15 am

CHART: Trump $500 billion will do very little for global mining

Even if the US president-elect's massive infrastructure build-out plan makes…

Frik Els | November 17, 2016 | 6:00 am

Elon Musk says Tesla open to buying a mining company

While the auto giant has EV metals contracts with suppliers across the globe, its goal to produce 20 million vehicles annually by 2030 will require vastly more supplies of metals.

Reuters | May 10, 2022 | 2:01 pm

Redwood aims to start anode copper foil production by end of 2022

Redwood currently recycles lithium, cobalt, copper and aluminum from several sources, including the Nevada battery plant jointly owned and operated by Panasonic and Tesla.

Reuters | May 10, 2022 | 11:25 am

Demand headwinds push aluminum price to five-month low

Worries about output cuts in Europe because of high power costs are expected to provide some support.

Reuters | May 10, 2022 | 8:31 am

Peru to increase public spending in mining regions to curb social conflicts

Recent disputes between miners and local communities have forced two key copper mines to temporarily halt operations this year.

Reuters | May 10, 2022 | 8:17 am

Barrick Gold eyes more copper assets in Africa

The gold giant is searching for copper projects in both Zambia and the DRC buoyed by a looming deficit and high prices for the metal.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 10, 2022 | 3:58 am

GRAPH: Nickel, graphite make up half Tesla’s battery emissions

Nickel’s contribution is greater than cathode and cell assembly combined, says Tesla’s new ESG report, but cobalt’s impact is minimal.

Frik Els | May 9, 2022 | 3:44 pm

Zambia ends legal spat with Vedanta over seized copper mines

Vedanta’s Konkola Copper Mines was placed under provisional liquidation in 2019 after the previous Zambian government alleged that the company had lied about expansion plans and paid too little tax.

Bloomberg News | May 9, 2022 | 2:52 pm

No trace of missing workers from Trevali’s flood-hit mine, three weeks later

Eight underground miners went missing on April 16 at its Perkoa zinc mine in Burkina Faso after flooding caused by heavy rainfall disrupted operations.

Naimul Karim | May 9, 2022 | 1:02 pm

Nickel price back to where it started before March chaos

Nickel futures finally tumbled back below the level where the London Metal Exchange market closed March 4.

Bloomberg News | May 9, 2022 | 10:19 am

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