Base Metals Top Stories

INFOGRAPHIC: Seven dangerous minerals

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Michael Allan McCrae | April 10, 2016 | 2:52 am

Top 10 copper producing countries

Peru's output surges, North American producers slip down the rankings…

Frik Els | April 8, 2016 | 4:47 pm

Malaysia extends bauxite mining ban until July to fight pollution

The issuing of export permits, however, will resume as soon…

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 8, 2016 | 5:45 am

Antofagasta copper veteran Hernandez retires, Arriagada named new CEO

The appointment is effective immediately and Hernandez, who had been…

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 8, 2016 | 3:13 am

Lundin biding time to complete mining portfolio with more deals

The company recently offered as much as $262.5 million to…

Bloomberg News | April 8, 2016 | 12:30 am

Peru wants to raise taxes on mining sector, says finance minister

The mining tax reform is the signature proposal of socialist President Pedro Castillo, who came to office in July.

Reuters | December 13, 2021 | 7:12 am

Peru community rejects ‘joke’ offer to end Las Bambas copper mine protest

The blockade, in place since Nov. 20, threatens to halt output at the Chinese-owned mine in southern Peru, which produces some 2% of the world's supply of copper.

Reuters | December 13, 2021 | 6:49 am

Rio Tinto to write off $2.4bn Oyu Tolgoi loan to Mongolia

Writing off Mongolia's debt would speed up the timeline for when the country can start receiving dividends from the project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 13, 2021 | 3:35 am

New tool monitors countries’ raw materials consumption

Countries' material footprints are comprised of the raw materials they consume domestically, showing where those resources come from globally.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 12, 2021 | 11:59 am

Copper miners, smelters inch closer to treatment charge deal

The two sides are $8 a tonne apart on where they would like the treatment charge benchmark to be.

Reuters | December 10, 2021 | 11:27 am

Under leftist president, Peru faces pitched battle over mining

The battle over mining in Ayacucho is a flashpoint for the new government as well as for global metal markets that rely on Peru’s rich deposits.

Bloomberg News | December 10, 2021 | 10:10 am

Five charts ask if mining is in a supercycle, one screams no

The green energy transition necessitate massive new investments in mining, but how does today’s boom stack up to the aughts?

Frik Els | December 9, 2021 | 1:19 pm

Peru mining group says government ‘erratic and biased’ against industry

The mining corridor, as the road is known, has been blocked for over 400 days since Las Bambas began operations in 2016.

Reuters | December 9, 2021 | 11:45 am

Copper price down on cooling China growth, firmer dollar

Prices are up 20% this year while a wider index of industrial metals is up nearly 30%.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 9, 2021 | 9:00 am

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