Base Metals Top Stories

Stars aligning for platinum price

Study predicts fifth year of growing deficits and halving of above ground stocks as strikes in top producer South Africa loom.

Frik Els | September 11, 2016 | 2:02 am

South African mining output falls sharply

PGMs down nearly 10% and manganese production down 24%.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 11, 2016 | 1:30 am

NASA’s latest mission may tell us whether asteroid mining is really a go

OSIRIS-REx will collect samples from an asteroid and return them…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 11, 2016 | 1:15 am

Mongolia readies to revive its giant Tavan Tolgoi coal mine

Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi (ETT), the state-owned company that holds the…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 9, 2016 | 8:00 am

Nevsun completes switch to zinc

Vancouver-based miner ships first zinc concentrate from flagship Bisha mine…

Frik Els | September 9, 2016 | 3:52 am

Saudi Arabia to attract investments worth $32 billion in mining, minerals sector

Country is currently studying 145 applications for exploration licenses from foreign companies.

Reuters | May 6, 2022 | 8:05 am

Copper price slips as US dollar hits 20-year high

The Fed on Wednesday raised its benchmark overnight interest rate by half a percentage point, the biggest jump in 22 years.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 6, 2022 | 7:50 am

Vale scores multi-year nickel supply deal with Tesla

The Brazilian miner will provide Tesla with low-carbon class 1 nickel – part of Vale's strategy of increasing its exposure to the EV industry.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 6, 2022 | 6:59 am

Plunging metals prices expected to rebound in H2 – report

High metals prices expected to cushion majors' weaker production and rising costs.

Henry Lazenby | May 6, 2022 | 6:46 am

Two top McEwen Mining execs step down

Transition plans and a search for CFO and COO are underway.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 6, 2022 | 6:05 am

Chile’s parched mines race for an increasingly scarce commodity: water

A record-breaking drought in Chile is impacting mining operations and forcing companies to escalate their search for more sources of water.

Reuters | May 6, 2022 | 5:12 am

Anglo American puts world’s largest hydrogen truck to work

Anglo's first self-developed green-hydrogen powered trucks will eventually replace a fleet of 40 vehicles at the Mogalakwena platinum mine South Africa.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 6, 2022 | 3:36 am

Canada nickel bid is ‘tip of the iceberg’ of BHP’s growth ambition

The world’s biggest mining company sees nickel as one of three “future-facing commodities” -- along with copper and potash.

Bloomberg News | May 5, 2022 | 9:25 am

EPA deals fresh blow to PolyMet’s $1 billion copper-nickel mine

NorthMet is the first large-scale project to be permitted within the Duluth Complex in northeastern Minnesota.

MINING.com Editor | May 5, 2022 | 7:03 am

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