Base Metals Top Stories

Copper price: Don’t expect any 2017 fireworks

Copper market remains well-supplied.

Frik Els | November 8, 2016 | 12:26 am

Platinum price back above $1,000 on South Africa wage deal

Comprehensive wage agreement brings stability to South Africa platinum industry,…

Frik Els | November 7, 2016 | 11:00 pm

World’s largest gold project just got rather expensive

Updated study shows it would cost $5 billion, or over…

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 7, 2016 | 7:05 am

Copper price jumps to 6-month high

Underperforming bellwether joins industrial metals party.

Frik Els | November 7, 2016 | 1:08 am

First copper-nickel mine in Minnesota inches forward

The company behind Minnesota's first copper-nickel mine is putting its…

Andrew Topf | November 6, 2016 | 4:41 pm

Codelco signs multi-year contracts in Southeast Asia

The world's largest copper producer said it was seeking to quadruple its sales in the region by 2023 with the opening of an office in Singapore.

Reuters | December 30, 2021 | 8:39 am

Metals mixed on China’s economic outlook, global virus surge

China’s economy expanded at a moderate pace in the final month of the year, supported by better business sentiment, easing factory inflation pressures and faster car sales.

Bloomberg News | December 29, 2021 | 2:44 pm

China vows to cut carbon emissions from aluminum smelters by 5% by 2025

A five-year plan adds some details on Beijing’s drive to reshape heavy industries.

Bloomberg News | December 29, 2021 | 1:43 pm

Peru government still far from deal on MMG’s Las Bambas mine restart

In a press conference on Wednesday, Prime Minister Vasquez said the government's spending proposal is a "solution."

Reuters | December 29, 2021 | 1:08 pm

World’s first school for holistic mining management incorporates ESG agenda

The University of Arizona’s School of Mining and Mineral Resources will strive to change the public perception of mining.

Amanda Stutt | December 29, 2021 | 11:53 am

Romans exploited silver deposits in Portugal, Spain to make coins

European researchers determined which locations may have been mined for silver to produce Roman coinage.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 29, 2021 | 11:50 am

Antofagasta agrees to copper charges with some Chinese smelters

The first annual settlement between a major miner and a Chinese smelter in the fourth-quarter "mating season" usually becomes the benchmark for the year ahead and is used in supply contracts globally.

Reuters | December 29, 2021 | 9:05 am

Alcoa to curb aluminum output in Spain after energy costs soar

While aluminum prices have rallied more than 40% this year, profitability is being eroded by the far greater surge in power prices.

Bloomberg News | December 29, 2021 | 9:03 am

Chilean researchers want to turn copper tailings into construction materials

Besides limiting the accumulation of tailings in the environment, the process drastically cuts the almost one tonne of CO2 that is released into the atmosphere per tonne of cement produced under conventional mechanisms.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 28, 2021 | 12:13 pm

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