Base Metals Top Stories

CAT sales show mining slump only getting worse

Industry bellwether Caterpillar's global mining equipment sales drop 42% as Asia-Pacific and Latin America orders fall off a cliff.

Frik Els | March 18, 2016 | 3:09 pm

Glencore closer to selling Lomas Bayas copper mine in Chile

Bidders include former Barrick Gold CEO Aaron Regent's company, Magris…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 18, 2016 | 3:16 am

March mining madness as copper, iron ore prices rebound

Volatile metal and mining stocks enjoy another huge rally Thursday…

Frik Els | March 17, 2016 | 4:58 pm

PDAC 2016: Talking geological due diligence with Keith Laskowski, VP Technical Services, Sandstorm Gold

Mr. Laskowski has over 35 years in the mining industry…

Andrew Nelson | March 17, 2016 | 10:35 am

Glencore says all seven workers dead after Katanga mine accident in Congo

The company had suspended operations last year, but work on…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 17, 2016 | 7:10 am

China’s big commodity inflation scare is easing — for now

The commodities boom that helped propel producer inflation to a 26-year high in China is showing signs of waning.

Bloomberg News | November 22, 2021 | 3:22 pm

Zinc price jumps as Glencore cuts production in Italy

The Portovesme line, which can produce 100,000 tonnes of zinc sulphide a year, will be put on care and maintenance by the end of the year.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 22, 2021 | 8:19 am

Congo president demands audit of mining registry to fight fraud

Transparency activists have estimated Congo has lost out on billions of dollars of revenue from mining deals over the past two decades.

Reuters | November 22, 2021 | 7:36 am

‘Greenflation’ a risk for renewable energy, but long-term viability intact

Prices of metals such as tin, aluminum, copper, nickel and cobalt have risen between 20% and 91% this year.

Reuters | November 22, 2021 | 7:01 am

Canada Nickel expands footprint in Ontario with 13 new properties

The target properties are within a radius of 95 km of the company’s flagship Crawford nickel-cobalt project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 22, 2021 | 5:10 am

Glencore to close Italian zinc operation on power costs

The decision to close the plant, which has capacity of 100,000 tonnes a year, follows a sharp increase in power prices in Italy and the rest of Europe.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 22, 2021 | 3:51 am

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CAT sales show mining slump only getting worse

Glencore closer to selling Lomas Bayas copper mine in Chile

March mining madness as copper, iron ore prices rebound

PDAC 2016: Talking geological due diligence with Keith Laskowski, VP Technical Services, Sandstorm Gold

Glencore says all seven workers dead after Katanga mine accident in Congo

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China’s big commodity inflation scare is easing — for now

Zinc price jumps as Glencore cuts production in Italy

Congo president demands audit of mining registry to fight fraud

‘Greenflation’ a risk for renewable energy, but long-term viability intact

Canada Nickel expands footprint in Ontario with 13 new properties

Glencore to close Italian zinc operation on power costs

EPA issues draft underground injection control decision for Florence copper project

The $5 billion hoard of metal the world wants but can’t have

Regulators in Hong Kong examine Rusal demerger plan