Base Metals Top Stories

Hillary Clinton’s emails reveal pro deep sea miner move after request from son-in-law

The 2012 emails from an investor in Florida-based deep sea mining firm Neptune Minerals Inc. were forwarded to Clinton by her son-in-law and hedge fund partner Marc Mezvinsky.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 9, 2015 | 4:06 am

INFOGRAPHIC: Visualizing Chinese Investment in Africa

We have said previously that Africa is the new land…

Visual Capitalist | December 9, 2015 | 2:18 am

In January this guy launches a hedge fund to invest in metals

Orion's Oskar Lewnowski: "For a long time, metals were driven…

Frik Els | December 8, 2015 | 3:58 pm

Chinese commodity demand: Crisis. What crisis?

In volume terms Chinese imports of commodities led by iron…

Frik Els | December 8, 2015 | 12:13 pm

Anglo American to cut 85,000 jobs, dividend and assets in sweeping restructuring

The job cuts, part of a major overhaul, are far…

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 8, 2015 | 7:54 am

Glencore expects trading division to beat 2021 guidance

High prices for coal and other commodities are helping miners despite lower production in some cases.

Reuters | October 29, 2021 | 7:54 am

Miners look to carbon capture to move beyond net zero

The global race to carbon neutrality is a double-edged sword for the metals and mining sector, writes Andy Home.

Reuters | October 29, 2021 | 7:48 am

Chile copper output sinks to seven-month low

The country’s production dropped 6.9% in September to 451,128 tonnes on the back of labour disruptions and falling ore grades.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 29, 2021 | 7:06 am

Nickel, cobalt allow for cheaper, more efficient green hydrogen production

A team at Curtin University found that poor-performing iron-sulfur becomes an efficient catalyst for green hydrogen production with added nickel and cobalt.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 29, 2021 | 6:06 am

Anglo American to halve indirect emissions by 2040

Success of its fresh target for Scope 3 emissions reduction depends on the steel sector cutting its own and global policies, Anglo said.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 29, 2021 | 3:44 am

COP26 will be a colossal mining cop-out

New report lays out how the green energy transition “starts and ends with metals” but the required exponential growth in mining is a glaring hole in US and global decarbonisation strategies.

Frik Els | October 28, 2021 | 3:18 pm