Base Metals Top Stories

Sibanye’s platinum mine workers begin indefinite strike

The company will seek a court order to stop the strike, which is already affecting output.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 27, 2016 | 3:48 am

Here comes the half conveyer-belt, half train hybrid

Elevated below rail technology has the potential to open up…

Frik Els | May 26, 2016 | 5:02 pm

Kincora consolidates the Mongolian southern Gobi copper-gold belt

The transaction will result in a consolidated landholding of over…

Kincora Copper | May 26, 2016 | 10:54 am

Planetary Resources now has $21 million to help miners find resources… on Earth

Funds will be used to deploy and operate the firm's…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 26, 2016 | 10:30 am

BHP to boost copper output, lower costs at vast Olympic Dam

BHP wants find a way to up output for the…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 26, 2016 | 8:45 am

Metals rally heats up as nickel price hits $24,000 on supply snarls

The nickel market had reached its tightest since 2007 earlier this week after a plunge in exchange stockpiles.

Bloomberg News | January 20, 2022 | 8:09 am

London Metal Exchange shows signs of covid recovery

The covid-19 hit to trading activity appears to have passed with monthly volumes growing again over the second half of the year, writes Andy Home.

Reuters | January 20, 2022 | 7:52 am

Indonesia working to fix delays on tin export permits, minister says

Benchmark tin prices on the London Metal Exchange have hit record highs this week.

Reuters | January 20, 2022 | 7:42 am

Codelco adds 30 years to Andina copper mine

The $1.4bn Andina Transfer project turned the underground operation into an open pit mine located 3,500 metres above sea level, which holds 30% of Chile’s copper reserves.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 20, 2022 | 6:57 am

Political instability in the DRC may affect global battery supply chain – report

According to Fitch, increased risk of instability between the DRC’s cabinet and parliament could add pressure to the global battery supply chain.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 20, 2022 | 6:53 am

Aurubis posts 85% quarterly profit surge, raises earnings outlook

It achieved considerably higher revenues from sulphuric acid sales and improved metals earnings, especially for industrial metals.

Reuters | January 19, 2022 | 10:00 am

Copper price rises on stimulus hopes in China

The Chinese central bank cut its policy interest rate for the first time in almost two years, signaling the beginning of an easing cycle.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 19, 2022 | 7:43 am

Trafigura signs $600m financing deal with Congo cobalt miner Chemaf

The funds will help Chemaf complete the mechanisation of its Mutoshi cobalt and copper mine and solvent extraction- electrowinning processing plant in Kolwezi.

Reuters | January 19, 2022 | 6:23 am

Copper plays a role in ozone depletion –research

New research by UC Berkeley geochemists shows that copper in soil and seawater acts as a catalyst to turn organic matter into both methyl bromide and methyl chloride, two potent halocarbon compounds that destroy ozone.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 19, 2022 | 6:06 am

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