Base Metals Top Stories

Taseko files lawsuit against Ottawa over B.C. gold and copper mine decision

Taseko Mines Ltd. (TSX: TKO) is suing the federal government in B.C. Supreme Court and seeking unspecified compensation for a 2014 decision that blocked development of a proposed $1.5 billion gold and copper deposit.

Times Colonist | February 14, 2016 | 2:06 pm

Rio told to start buying copper mines rather than build them

Rio has a list of assets it’s keen to buy…

Bloomberg News | February 12, 2016 | 10:20 am

Argentina’s new government scraps mining taxes

President Mauricio Macri has revoked a 5% tax imposed by…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 12, 2016 | 10:05 am

Pummeled by oil bets, Freeport and Teck get some crude reward

Teck Resources and Freeport-McMoRan led a mining stock rally on…

Bloomberg News | February 12, 2016 | 10:01 am

Teck Resources logs $536M loss in Q4 on depressed commodities, asset charge

The loss includes a Cdn$598 million impairment charge on its…

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 11, 2016 | 7:15 am

Funds still wary of shorting super tight copper market

A slowdown in China’s manufacturing sector is casting an ever larger shadow over the copper market, writes Andy Home.

Reuters | November 2, 2021 | 8:15 am

Codelco hikes 2022 copper premium for Chinese buyers

The world’s biggest copper miner has offered Chinese customers annual copper supply for 2022 at a premium of $105 a tonne.

Reuters | November 2, 2021 | 7:59 am

In race to net zero, being small or diverse foils metal makers

The worst performers among 53 major metal companies ranked for risks and readiness in a net-zero emissions scenario were an Australian iron ore miner and steelmakers from Russia and India.

Bloomberg News | November 1, 2021 | 9:45 pm

Seabridge looks to integrate Snowfield into KSM gold-copper project in BC

Confirmation of the change is expected in the second quarter next year when the new KSM prefeasibility study is released.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 1, 2021 | 12:22 pm

ScoZinc signs gypsum offtake for life of Nova Scotia mine

The five-year annual average production would be 35 million lb zinc and 15 million lb lead.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 1, 2021 | 11:23 am

Vale’s Long Harbour nickel two-thirds less CO2 intensive than industry average

Vale has pledged up to $6 billion to cut Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon emissions by 33% by 2030.

Reuters | November 1, 2021 | 11:21 am

Europe’s EV battery strategy threatened by supply chain gaps, Eramet says

Eramet is struggling to attract investment from its home region to process its overseas nickel, lithium and cobalt reserves into battery materials.

Reuters | November 1, 2021 | 10:12 am

Rusal seen completing demerger of higher carbon assets in H2 2022

The new AL+ is expected to keep 60% of its current aluminum and 70% of alumina production assets.

Reuters | November 1, 2021 | 9:46 am

Nova Scotia’s mining focus expands into critical minerals

Canada is the only Western nation that has an abundance of cobalt, graphite, lithium, and nickel, essential to creating the batteries and EVs of the future.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 1, 2021 | 6:34 am

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