Base Metals Top Stories

Bonus payment agreement ends strike at Freeport’s mine

Close to 1,000 workers, mostly truck operators, stopped working by the end of September.

MINING.com Editor | October 10, 2016 | 9:17 am

World’s largest miner gets rejected

SolGold says BHP Billiton's offer not in its best interest.

MINING.com Editor | October 10, 2016 | 8:09 am

CHART: Copper price slump devastating Chile state finances

Mining-related income now accounts for just 1.5% of government revenues,…

Frik Els | October 10, 2016 | 6:41 am

Eritreans’ case against Nevsun can proceed in Canada

“There is a real risk that the plaintiffs could not…

MINING.com Editor | October 7, 2016 | 10:46 am

Plan Nord: Extracting the most value for Quebec

" Despite the uncertainty around global metal prices, Quebec Premier…

Anne-Sophie Tétreault | October 7, 2016 | 9:05 am

Warning bells sound in London Metal Exchange zinc market

Zinc could be the next metal market to find itself in turmoil, writes Andy Home.

Reuters | April 11, 2022 | 7:44 am

Ivanhoe’s Congo copper mine hits record production

Kamoa-Kakula produced 55,602 tonnes of copper in the first quarter of 2022, reaching a monthly all-time-high of 19,605 tonnes of copper in March.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 11, 2022 | 7:30 am

China port congestion leaves everything from grains to metals stranded

Dotting the sea off Chinese ports are 477 bulk cargo ships waiting to deliver resources.

Bloomberg News | April 11, 2022 | 7:09 am

Boliden to spend $530m on improving Aitik mine’s tailings dam

Company said it did not expect production at the northern Swedish open-pit mine to be affected.

Reuters | April 11, 2022 | 6:31 am

Glencore regains IPO price after 11 years on commodity rally

Glencore's shares have surged 42% this year — a level the world’s biggest commodities trader had at times looked unlikely to ever regain.

Bloomberg News | April 11, 2022 | 5:58 am

EXPLAINER: LME under the regulatory spotlight after nickel debacle

Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England (BoE) have announced a rare joint intervention into what happened on the London Metal Exchange's nickel market

Reuters | April 11, 2022 | 3:17 am

Atalaya, Endesa X to build largest solar farm for a mining operation in Spain

The 50-MW solar facility will be located in the municipality of Minas de Riotinto, where Atalaya’s local subsidiary operates the historic Riotinto mine.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 10, 2022 | 11:34 am

Zinc-air batteries get solar energy makeover

Korean researchers developed a technology to improve the electrochemical performance of zinc-air batteries by using solar energy.

Staff Writer | April 10, 2022 | 7:16 am

Guinea asks bauxite miners to present local refinery plans by May

The interim government of Guinea asked international mining companies to present plans to refine their bauxite production into alumina within the country by May 2022.

Reuters | April 9, 2022 | 11:27 am

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