Base Metals Top Stories

Aussie mines too costly to shut

Mine sales stumble on looming clean-ups

Reuters | May 20, 2016 | 12:27 am

Copper price falls to 3-month low, defies bullish forecasts

Traders ignore new survey of 22 economists that found consensus…

Frik Els | May 19, 2016 | 12:32 pm

Prospect generation – making mining into a numbers game

A concept born from two facts: mineral exploration is extremely…

Palisade Research | May 19, 2016 | 10:40 am

Sprott monthly market update with Rick Rule: Cobalt bubble coming; Kaminak & The Yukon; streaming & royalties

In the current bull market, with more equity available, streaming…

Palisade Radio | May 19, 2016 | 9:37 am

Caterpillar retail sales drop 12% in first three months of the year

Results mark the 41 straight month of retail sales declines.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 19, 2016 | 6:31 am

One community in southern Peru says it won’t disrupt Las Bambas operations

The Challhuahuacho community signed a memorandum of understanding committing to avoid blockades on the Southern Mining Corridor.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 16, 2022 | 11:46 am

Peru’s economy grows 3.47% in November, but mining contracts amid protests

An advance in consumption was offset by a drop in the country's key mining sector beset by environmental protests.

Reuters | January 15, 2022 | 5:35 pm

Endeavour Silver to buy SSR’s Pitarrilla project in Mexico for $70m

The Pitarrilla project, 160 km north of the city of Durango, has measured and indicated resources of 164.7 million tonnes grading 99.1 grams silver per tonne.

Northern Miner Staff | January 14, 2022 | 2:16 pm

Nickel price rally to run out of steam as supplies ramp up

Nickel prices touched $22,935 a tonne on Friday, the highest since 2011.

Reuters | January 14, 2022 | 10:15 am

Amerigo Resources beats copper guidance, shares up

In 2021, MVC produced a total of 63.4 mlb of copper at a cash cost of $1.75 per/lb.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 14, 2022 | 9:33 am

China 2021 copper imports slip after previous year’s record high

Imports of unwrought copper and copper products for the year totalled 5.53 million tonnes, down 17.2% from 2020's record volume of 6.68 million tonnes.

Reuters | January 13, 2022 | 7:43 pm

RANKED: Top 20 EVs of 2021 – costs jump as lithium, cobalt, nickel prices surge

Ranking of world’s 20 best selling electric cars and their battery metals show automakers grappling with soaring raw material prices.

Frik Els | January 13, 2022 | 4:47 pm

China hurt most by Indonesia’s move to keep nickel at home

Indonesia has played a key role in global markets as a bulk materials supplier, but President Joko Widodo has pledged to eventually stop exports of all raw commodities to turn the country into a major manufacturing hub for electric transportation.

Bloomberg News | January 13, 2022 | 10:49 am

Argentina seeks $10 billion in mining exports by 2030

Gov't expects $25bn in investments related to 34 projects currently in advanced exploration, as the deadline to restructure billions in debt to the IMF looms.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 13, 2022 | 3:53 am

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