Base Metals Top Stories

Indonesia to ease mineral export ban from 2017

The measure is part of a wider revision of the 2009 mining law that led to Indonesia's export edicts and other regulations.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 16, 2016 | 6:01 am

These are the assets Anglo American is kicking to the curb

The miner is completely exiting coal and selling several assets,…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 16, 2016 | 2:43 am

Anglo American debt down to junk, outlook negative

Moody's worried about company's bulk portfolio, especially iron ore, while…

Frik Els | February 15, 2016 | 12:22 pm

Newcrest Mining’s profit US$117 lower due to Cadia outage, lower copper and gold prices

All-in sustaining cost of gold is $US770 per ounce.

Michael Allan McCrae | February 15, 2016 | 10:50 am

Freeport-McMoRan sells 13 pct stake in Morenci Mine to Sumitomo for $1 billion

Morenci is an open-pit, copper mine located in Arizona. In…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 15, 2016 | 7:59 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

Atalaya acquires 51% interest in Rio Narcea Nickel, 20 permits in Spain

In a €2.5-million deal with Grupo Sacyr, Atalaya Mining has become a major player in the Ossa-Morena Metallogenic Belt.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 28, 2021 | 10:25 am

CNGR to buy nickel, cobalt from Xiamen Xiangyu

Chinese battery materials producer said it would buy over a five-year period as part of a broad strategic cooperation agreement.

Reuters | December 28, 2021 | 10:21 am

Philippines ends open-pit mining ban to reinvigorate industry

The Philippines has lifted a four-year-old ban on open-pit mining for copper, gold, silver and complex ores.

Reuters | December 28, 2021 | 9:09 am

Zijin starts production at giant Tibet copper mine

Qulong copper mine in Tibet adds a new source of supply to the market for next year.

Reuters | December 27, 2021 | 11:35 am

Indonesia president launches $2.7 billion China-backed ferronickel plant

The plant will be able to process 13 million tonnes of nickel ore annually.

Reuters | December 27, 2021 | 8:34 am

Misstep could reignite blockade against Las Bambas copper mine in Peru

The president of the Fighting Committee for the Mining Corridor said that if the government proposal was not reasonable, a new blockade would be launched against Las Bambas.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 26, 2021 | 12:31 pm

Researchers link cobalt mining in the DRC to violence, substance abuse, food-water insecurity

An interdisciplinary group of researchers is calling for more data on how emerging technologies affect human health and livelihoods.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 26, 2021 | 10:17 am

Russia’s largest new copper deposit to be developed under UN Global Compact guidelines

Udokan Copper, owned by Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov's holding firm USM, has joined the UN Global Compact.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 26, 2021 | 8:25 am

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