Base Metals Top Stories

Zijin, Shandong go after Barrick Gold’s Veladero mine in Argentina

The potential sale of a 50% stake in Veladero mine could fetch Barrick more than $1 billion, sources familiar with the matter say.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 25, 2016 | 11:30 am

Botswana Diamonds finds octahedron in sample material at Orapa

The company, which began exploring the area in March this…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 25, 2016 | 7:58 am

Anglo American soars on positive production report

Shares were up more than 5% after the firm posted…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 25, 2016 | 6:42 am

Callinex trades higher after Rick Rule invests $5M

The zinc junior is one of the latest picks by…

Michael Allan McCrae | October 25, 2016 | 4:04 am

Caterpillar axes sales forecast, warns factors depressing orders could linger

While quarterly earnings beat analysts expectations, revenue fell short of…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 25, 2016 | 3:34 am

Aluminum price rebounds on China infrastructure push, low inventories

President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called for all-out efforts to spur infrastructure spending.

Bloomberg News | April 27, 2022 | 9:04 am

Iron man Elon Musk places his Tesla battery bets

Nearly half of the vehicles Tesla produced in Q1 were equipped with LFP batteries - a cheaper rival to the nickel-and-cobalt-based cells that dominate in the West.

Reuters | April 27, 2022 | 8:51 am

Peru gov’t declares state of emergency near MMG’s Las Bambas mine as stand-off continues

A state of emergency suspends civil liberties such as the right to assembly and protest.

Reuters | April 27, 2022 | 8:18 am

Column: Global miners rank ESG as their top concern. Really?

Not one of the biggest listed Western mining companies has an executive with the title of chief ESG officer, writes Clyde Russell.

Reuters | April 27, 2022 | 8:15 am

Column: Automakers go back to the future to secure battery metals

Henry Ford was right all along, it turns out.

Reuters | April 27, 2022 | 7:56 am

Australian universities get $173m in funding to turn critical minerals into products, services

The funds will go towards the development of the Resources Technology and Critical Minerals Trailblazer hub.

Staff Writer | April 27, 2022 | 6:06 am

Apple, Tesla, Intel could be using conflict minerals due to faulty scheme

Global Witness says it is not the companies but the ITSCI certification scheme they rely on to vet their suppliers where the problem lies.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 27, 2022 | 1:00 am

9 factors sparking the future of mining and mineral exploration in British Columbia

B.C.’s natural potential for mineral exploration, combined with jurisdictional advantages, makes it one of Canada’s prime locations for the mining industry.

Visual Capitalist | April 26, 2022 | 2:18 pm

GNRI considers sale of $1.5 billion Botswana copper mine

Khoemacau is majority owned by Global Natural Resource Investments, which was formed from a 2015 management buyout of Barclays Plc’s natural resources private equity business.

Bloomberg News | April 26, 2022 | 2:15 pm

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