Base Metals Top Stories

Grupo Mexico seen bucking copper slump as analysts recommend buy

Mexico’s biggest copper producer is leveraging its relatively low debt and strong profit margins to invest more than $4.6 billion expanding some of its mines.

Bloomberg News | January 19, 2016 | 1:00 am

MMG’s gigantic Las Bambas mine in Peru makes first copper shipment to China

The company shipped roughly 10,000 tonnes of copper concentrate from…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 18, 2016 | 10:57 am

Devastation caused by illegal miners in Peru reaches national reserve

Recently released satellite images show that devastation from illegal gold…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 18, 2016 | 4:17 am

Colombian police begins evicting illegal miners from Continental Gold’s claims

The Canadian miner's Buriticá gold-silver-zinc project is located about 75…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 18, 2016 | 2:00 am

Greek gold miners prepare to fight Syriza

Move comes as Canada's Eldorado, Europe's largest potential gold producer,…

Al Jazeera | January 18, 2016 | 2:00 am

US must work with allies to secure electric vehicle metals – White House

Biden has vowed to work with allies to secure minerals needed for EV vehicle batteries and process them domestically.

Reuters | June 8, 2021 | 11:41 am

Braveheart hits high-grade copper at Bull River

Drilling in H1 2021 returned an intercept of 19.79% Cu and 98.6 g/t Ag over 0.6 metres.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 8, 2021 | 10:33 am

Apple said to be in battery supply talks with CATL and BYD

The tech giant is said to be negotiating with Chinese battery producers CATL and BYD to secure supply for its allegedly planned electric car.

MINING.COM Editor | June 8, 2021 | 9:56 am

Ethos Gold shares up on $1.1 million private placement

Crescat Capital increased its interest to 12.7%.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 8, 2021 | 9:21 am

World needs Congo copper to kick fossil fuels, Friedland says

“If we came from Mars and we were sent in our flying saucer to orbit the Earth to find copper, we would definitely go to Katanga in the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the richest place on the planet for copper."

Bloomberg News | June 8, 2021 | 8:12 am