Base Metals Top Stories

Major Aussie miners BHP, Hancock to mine in Ecuador — report

Ecuador began last month granting licences for new exploration areas, with over 300 of them to be awarded by the year-end.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 8, 2016 | 8:55 am

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

Glencore rights record worst in green metals, group says

The alleged abuses attributed to all companies range from attacks on activists to violations of environmental laws to forced relocations.

Bloomberg News | May 4, 2022 | 7:10 am

B2Gold pushes out Gramalote feasibility study to mid-2022

B2Gold and partner AngloGold now expect decision on whether to build the open-pit gold mine by the end of the third quarter.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 4, 2022 | 7:06 am

Deconstructing Ross Beaty: Exclusive interview at the Mining Legends Speaker Series

Beaty is a recipient of the Canadian Institute of Mining past president Memorial Medal and was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2017.

Alisha Hiyate and Amanda Stutt | May 3, 2022 | 11:00 am

Southern Copper back to full output ahead of protester talks

The 54-day disruption, combined with lower quality ore at other mines, dragged down the company’s copper production by 10%.

Bloomberg News | May 3, 2022 | 10:26 am

Ivanhoe eyes Phase 3 expansion at Kamoa-Kakula in the DRC

The Phase 3 expansion in the DRC will increase its annual copper production to about 600,000 tonnes by the fourth quarter of 2024 and make it the world's third-largest copper mining complex.

Staff Writer | May 3, 2022 | 9:41 am

Chile rejects Anglo American’s $3 billion Los Bronces expansion

Project would allow the company to tap higher grade ores from a new underground section of the mine, extending its life through 2036.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 3, 2022 | 4:05 am

Grupo Mexico’s Q1 net profit falls 7.2% after Peru blockage

Mexico's top copper miner's revenues rose 9.6% to $3.76 billion, above the Refinitiv estimate of $3.68 billion.

Reuters | May 2, 2022 | 5:40 pm

Enough nickel, lithium for 14 million EVs in 2023 – European climate group

Global EV sales more than doubled to 4.2 million vehicles in 2021 from just over 2 million in 2020.

Reuters | May 2, 2022 | 4:46 pm

Biden’s team puts up over $3 billion to boost US battery output

Grants will be made available to produce key battery metals such as lithium, cobalt and nickel.

Bloomberg News | May 2, 2022 | 3:12 pm

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