Base Metals Top Stories

EPA didn’t respect the rules when shutting down Pebble: report

Relying on hypotheticals.

Michael Allan McCrae | October 6, 2015 | 1:51 pm

Even top juniors are running out of money

New report on top 100 junior mining companies says "waiting…

Frik Els | October 6, 2015 | 12:10 pm

Canada’s Nobel Prize win has a mining connection

A deep nickel mine in Ontario is an ideal location…

Michael Allan McCrae | October 6, 2015 | 11:41 am

Investors pile into Freeport on restructure hopes

Copper miner up nearly 7% after announcing cuts to its…

Frik Els | October 6, 2015 | 10:15 am

Skeena acquires GJ copper-gold project

"The consolidation of the adjacent Spectrum and GJ properties will…

Skeena Resources | October 6, 2015 | 4:16 am

Booming stainless steel output to sustain nickel prices for months

Benchmark nickel prices on the London Metal Exchange, at $19,500 a tonne, are up more than 20% since April and at their highest since February.

Reuters | July 27, 2021 | 8:23 am

BHP delivers final offer to workers at Chile’s Escondida copper mine

Negotiations over the past two months between the company and its powerful workers' union over a new labor contract have been conducted in utmost secrecy.

Reuters | July 27, 2021 | 7:59 am

Fight over nickel assets heats up with BHP’s $258m Noront bid

Offer represents a 69% premium to Noront’s closing price on Monday and is 129% higher than the closing price on May 21, a day before Wyloo’s proposal.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 27, 2021 | 6:21 am

Peru road blockades hit MMG’s Las Bambas copper mine once again

Residents of three communities in the Chumbivilcas province of the Andean region of Cusco began the blockade on July 23.

Reuters | July 26, 2021 | 9:49 pm

Jervois Mining to buy Freeport Cobalt for $160 million

Deal could make Jervois Mining the second largest cobalt producer outside China.

Reuters | July 26, 2021 | 9:43 pm

Copper producers are paying the price of their covid cutbacks

While producer profits are booming thanks to high prices fueled by the pandemic recovery, their operations are paying the price of covid-fighting measures.

Bloomberg News | July 26, 2021 | 2:10 pm

Peru opposition to lead Congress in setback for socialist Castillo

A leadership team headed by centrist legislator María del Carmen Alva from the Popular Action party won by 69-to-10 votes against a rival grouping led by retired military man Jorge Montoya.

Reuters | July 26, 2021 | 12:42 pm