Base Metals Top Stories

Platinum price back in triple digits

Strikers at top South African platinum producer enter two-year wage deal.

Frik Els | October 4, 2016 | 6:33 am

Newmont begins production at its Suriname gold mine

Merian gold mine was completed on time and more than…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 4, 2016 | 5:00 am

Strike hits Freeport’s Grasberg mine in Indonesia

More than 1,000 workers have gone on strike at Grasberg…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 3, 2016 | 4:05 am

Energy investment boom expected in northern Chile

The projects, many of them in the renewables sector, are…

MINING.com Editor | October 3, 2016 | 2:00 am

Scrap value of copper encourages wire thieves in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan police saw increased interest in copper wire.

MINING.com Editor | September 30, 2016 | 12:15 pm

Glencore to appear in court in US, UK over corruption probe

Glencore is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice and Brazilian authorities in the Car Wash scandal.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 23, 2022 | 7:30 am

Africa’s domestic mining sector not severely impacted by sanctions against Russia – report

The Economist Intelligence Unit says Russian mining activities in Sub‑Saharan Africa will be impacted by sanctions but without having a serious negative impact on domestic mining sectors.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 22, 2022 | 11:55 am

Work suspended at Botswana’s Khoemacau copper mine after accident kills two

The two workers were employed by Australian-based contractor Barminco.

Reuters | May 21, 2022 | 7:22 pm

Atico Mining receives EIA approval for La Plata project in Ecuador

La Plata has previously been identified by Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso as a "strategic project".

Staff Writer | May 20, 2022 | 9:19 am

Horizonte kicks off construction of Araguia nickel mine in Brazil

The Araguaia nickel mine in northern Brazil is set to produce 29,000 tonnes of the battery metal a year for the steel market.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 20, 2022 | 7:13 am

Europe aims to revive magnesium output by 2025 to cut China reliance

Supplies from China fell late last year, igniting prices in Europe and focusing the EU on efforts to secure home-grown supplies.

Reuters | May 20, 2022 | 6:33 am

Arconic to sell Russian operations, take $500 million charge

The Pittsburgh-based aluminum-sheet manufacturer said the conflict in Ukraine has made its operation in Russia untenable.

Bloomberg News | May 19, 2022 | 3:25 pm

Peru fails yet again to broker truce allowing Las Bambas mine restart

On Thursday, Prime Minister Anibal Torres traveled to the Andean region of Apurimac, but he arrived late and then abruptly left the meeting only an hour after it had started.

Reuters | May 19, 2022 | 2:17 pm

Chinese lockdowns dragging aluminum prices down, no respite before H2 — report

Fitch notes strong downside risks as strict Chinese lockdowns pose a strong threat to demand for the metal in 2022.

Staff Writer | May 19, 2022 | 1:24 pm

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