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

Codelco sees ‘very firm’ copper price ahead despite recent drop

Chile's government said this week it would allow the company to retain 30% of its profits from last year to help finance an ambitious investment plan until the end of the decade.

Reuters | June 27, 2022 | 8:08 am

Codelco eyes green shift as environment pressure grows

The mining firm is facing global clients and investors increasingly focused on environmental concerns.

Reuters | June 27, 2022 | 7:40 am

Three Chilean communities maintain protest against Los Pelambres copper miner

The Tranquilla, Batuco and Cuncumén communities are still looking for compensation following a leak in a pipeline at the mine’s concentrator plant.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | June 26, 2022 | 1:04 pm

EU strengthens position against deep-sea mining

The new EU agenda on International Ocean Governance reiterates the idea of banning mineral extraction in the exclusive economic zones of EU countries.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | June 26, 2022 | 11:34 am