Base Metals Top Stories

Death toll at Glencore’s Katanga mine in Congo climbs to 3

The casualties were carrying out maintenance at the bottom of the 250-metre pit.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 10, 2016 | 9:00 am

Congo government urged to pass new mining code

Group of 42 Congolese non-governmental organizations (NGOs) say difficult market…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 10, 2016 | 3:44 am

First Quantum sells nickel-copper-platinum mine in Finland for $712 million

Swedish mining and smelting company Boliden AB will pay cash…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 10, 2016 | 2:30 am

Nunavut board allowed mining exploration on Bathurst caribou calving grounds

This is the second company allowed to proceed on breeding…

CBC News | March 10, 2016 | 12:10 am

KGHM, Sumitomo face fine, licence withdrawal over environmental breaches in Chile

The infractions include not implementing measures to control emissions, altering…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 9, 2016 | 11:00 pm

Kabanga says Tanzania mine may answer Elon Musk’s nickel plea

The project would eventually produce as much as 50,000 tonnes of nickel cathodes a year, as well as smaller amounts of copper and cobalt.

Bloomberg News | November 18, 2021 | 8:13 am

Vedanta sees India’s aluminum output reaching 5mt in 5-6 years

India will be the "stand-out growth market" for aluminum consumption in the coming years, according to Fitch Solutions.

Reuters | November 18, 2021 | 7:32 am

China Nerin Engineering wins Kamoa direct-to-blister copper plant contract

The smelter technology aligns with Kamoa-Kakula's goal of producing the world's 'greenest copper'

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 18, 2021 | 6:22 am

Global energy storage installation expected to be 20 times larger within a decade

BloombergNEF says boom in stationary energy storage will require more than $262 billion of investment.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 18, 2021 | 5:04 am

Rio Tinto adds new aluminum production to hot metals market

Rio Tinto will add 26,500 metric tons of capacity at its smelter in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec by 2023.

Bloomberg News | November 17, 2021 | 1:12 pm

Polluting metals may be greener than you think, Citigroup says

Contrary to conventional wisdom, analysts including Max Layton found that metals like copper, nickel, aluminum and steel can drive down global-warming gases.

Bloomberg News | November 17, 2021 | 1:02 pm

Wolfden boosts resources at Pickett Mountian base metals project in Maine

Both indicated and inferred resources have been significantly increased, 22% and 57% respectively.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 17, 2021 | 11:01 am

Mining projects will come if Colombia solves bottlenecks – vice minister

Colombia has long sought to tap its gold, copper and other mineral deposits, especially with the bleak outlook for coal.

Reuters | November 17, 2021 | 10:55 am

All eyes on China as LME copper spreads collapse

Bears and bulls are waiting to see what happens next to LME stock levels, which means that right now everyone's looking at China, writes Andy Home.

Reuters | November 17, 2021 | 8:15 am

First

Last