Base Metals Top Stories

Copper producer jumps 30% on takeover offer

Aditya Birla Minerals (ASX:ABY), headquartered in India, closed up 30.56% Friday.

Andrew Topf | October 18, 2015 | 3:30 pm

Platinum price: VW taketh away, Toyota giveth

Platinum price up 14% in two weeks gets further boost…

Frik Els | October 16, 2015 | 2:51 pm

Miners need to invest $150bn to avoid looming supply shortages

According to research house Wood Mackenzie, the need for investment…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 16, 2015 | 3:45 am

BHP raising $6.5bn fresh sign of mining turnaround

"There'll always be investors wanting to get in early, but…

Frik Els | October 15, 2015 | 10:24 pm

Codelco-Mitsui stall Anglo American assets sale in Chile

A month after Anglo completed the sale of Mantos Blancos…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 15, 2015 | 11:40 am

Global copper supply at risk as workers vote to strike

The market may be left without production from a project that last year churned out 1.2 million tonnes.

Bloomberg News | August 2, 2021 | 8:42 am

High metal prices, covid-19 increase miners’ exposure to cyberattacks — report

The covid-19 pandemic increased the level of cyber risk because it pushed miners to quickly restructure the way they operate, as the need for systems that support remote working and automation became urgent.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 1, 2021 | 12:42 pm

Union at BHP’s Escondida mine in Chile rejects contract, company seeks talks

BHP requested government-mediated talks in a last-ditch effort to stave off a strike.

Reuters | August 1, 2021 | 10:00 am

Fledgling Peru govt seeks “new deal” with miners

Peru will seek "a new deal" with its mining sector by providing incentives for projects with "social profitability".

Reuters | July 31, 2021 | 2:56 pm

Sediment plumes from deep-sea mining become turbulent cloud

New research shows that midwater sediment plumes discharged by mining machinery become a highly turbulent cloud of suspended particles.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 31, 2021 | 2:32 pm

Goldman recapitulates $5 a pound copper price by end of 2021

New report says while copper bulls have been facing “a crisis of confidence”, fundamentals “have been quietly tightening” setting up return to record prices in the near future.

Frik Els | July 30, 2021 | 11:24 am