Base Metals Top Stories

Too much copper drops price to six-week low

Few disruptions could dump additional 230,000 tonnes onto already oversupplied market this year.

Frik Els | August 22, 2016 | 3:36 pm

Here’s what Canada needs to regain leadership in mineral exploration and mining

Mineral and mining industry highlights top priorities at Energy and…

MINING.com Editor | August 22, 2016 | 9:30 am

McArthur River mine could cost up to $1B to remediate

The McArthur River mine in Australia is looking at a…

Andrew Topf | August 21, 2016 | 2:15 pm

Stephen Nano – Mirasol Resources makes value investing simple through prospect generation

Stephen Nano, CEO of Mirasol Resources sits down with Maurice…

Proven and Probable | August 19, 2016 | 2:21 pm

Scott Close: Eurasian Minerals is a royalty generator

Scott Close of Eurasian Minerals sits down with Maurice Jackson…

Proven and Probable | August 19, 2016 | 12:11 pm

Battle for Noront heats up with BHP’s sweetened offer

The world’s largest miner is now offering $339.10 million for Noront, a 36% premium to its previous offer and a 7% premium to Wyloo's.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 20, 2021 | 5:25 am

Copper price plunges on China’s pledge to bring down coal prices

Investors also booked profits after recent strong gains.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 19, 2021 | 10:22 pm

Iron rout has Vale cutting back after bumper third quarter

The Brazilian mining giant churned out 89.4 million tonnes in the third quarter compared with the 87.3 million tonne average analyst estimate.

Bloomberg News | October 19, 2021 | 9:10 pm

Trafigura played key role in draining LME copper inventories

During the pandemic, Trafigura has emerged as one of the most high-profile bulls in the global copper market.

Bloomberg News | October 19, 2021 | 1:30 pm

FPX Nickel makes high-grade, near-surface discovery with first holes at British Columbia property

The first hole intersected 101 metres grading 0.21% total nickel, starting about 27 metres below surface.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 19, 2021 | 12:13 pm

SolGold expands Cascabel resource endowment with maiden estimate for TAM deposit

The TAM deposit lies approximately 3 kms north of the Alpala deposit, the main target in the Cascabel concession.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 19, 2021 | 9:34 am

Home: European smelter cuts catch zinc looking the wrong way

It's still unclear what the impact of Europe's power crunch will be in terms of lost metal, writes Andy Home.

Reuters | October 19, 2021 | 8:02 am

Upward trend in global exploration budget to continue in 2022 — report

According to S&P, global exploration budgets are expected to increase between 5% and 15% in 2022.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 19, 2021 | 6:06 am

Global shortage of magnesium could cripple car industry

Germany’s association of metals producers warned that current magnesium inventories in Europe will be exhausted by the end of November 2021.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 19, 2021 | 5:18 am

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