Base Metals Top Stories

Newmont Mining turns 95

Newmont Mining Corporation was officially incorporated on May 2, 1921.

Newmont Goldcorp | May 2, 2016 | 8:06 am

Taseko calls shareholders to vote against dissidents

Raging River Capital LP is leading a bitter proxy battle…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 2, 2016 | 5:00 am

Friday frenzy for Freeport

After leaping 11% on Friday with 74m shares traded, copper…

Frik Els | April 29, 2016 | 5:14 pm

EPA accused of collusion after staffer admits he aided Pebble Mine foes

EPA staff either set out to block the controversial Pebble…

Washington Times | April 29, 2016 | 12:33 am

Chile’s cheerless outlook for copper price

Top global producer sees surplus this year and next as…

Frik Els | April 28, 2016 | 4:40 pm

Romans exploited silver deposits in Portugal, Spain to make coins

European researchers determined which locations may have been mined for silver to produce Roman coinage.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 29, 2021 | 11:50 am

Antofagasta agrees to copper charges with some Chinese smelters

The first annual settlement between a major miner and a Chinese smelter in the fourth-quarter "mating season" usually becomes the benchmark for the year ahead and is used in supply contracts globally.

Reuters | December 29, 2021 | 9:05 am

Alcoa to curb aluminum output in Spain after energy costs soar

While aluminum prices have rallied more than 40% this year, profitability is being eroded by the far greater surge in power prices.

Bloomberg News | December 29, 2021 | 9:03 am

Chilean researchers want to turn copper tailings into construction materials

Besides limiting the accumulation of tailings in the environment, the process drastically cuts the almost one tonne of CO2 that is released into the atmosphere per tonne of cement produced under conventional mechanisms.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 28, 2021 | 12:13 pm