Base Metals Top Stories

Swiss gold rigging probe won’t have price impact

The Swiss competition commission is investigating seven large banks for manipulating precious metals prices.

Frik Els | September 28, 2015 | 3:13 pm

China shocker drops copper price to 6-year low

Biggest drop in Chinese industrial profits on record spills red…

Frik Els | September 28, 2015 | 11:47 am

Glencore’s ugly, ugly drop

30% tumble.

Michael Allan McCrae | September 28, 2015 | 9:25 am

Alcoa splits company to emphasize technology business

The mining side will keep the Alcoa name.

Michael Allan McCrae | September 28, 2015 | 8:54 am

These six gold companies could create exceptional wealth sooner than you think: Jeb Handwerger

For smart investors watching the gold-Dow ratio rather than mainstream…

The Gold Report | September 28, 2015 | 1:46 am

Home: Stainless steel strength and supply hits reinforce nickel price

Nickel's current revival has very little to do with either Indonesia or battery demand.

Reuters | July 21, 2021 | 7:04 am

Antofagasta says drought could hit full-year production

Los Pelambres, located 240 km north-east of Santiago, is beginning to feel the impact of one of Chile’s worst droughts in the last 12 years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 21, 2021 | 7:01 am

Rio Tinto, Bougainville community reach agreement to assess Panguna legacy impacts

The Panguna mine was operated by BCL, majority-owned by Rio Tinto, for 17 years from 1972 until 1989, when operations were suspended due to an uprising against the mine and subsequent civil war.

MINING.com Editor | July 20, 2021 | 4:44 pm

‘Change is coming’: Peru’s Castillo faces a divided nation after election battle

Castillo says he wants to increase spending on healthcare and education by raising the funds from mining tax hikes.

Reuters | July 20, 2021 | 2:04 pm

Ivanhoe’s Kamoa-Kakula exports first copper concentrate

First truck-loads departed from the mine on July 17 and will be shipped exclusively to China from the Port of Durban in South Africa.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 20, 2021 | 9:59 am

Diamonds and platinum sparkle in Anglo American’s Q2 production

Diamond production rose by 134% compared to last year as consumer demand recovered, while platinum output rose 59% to 1.06 million ounces.

Reuters | July 20, 2021 | 4:20 am

Vale reviews copper, nickel guidance amid labor, climate issues

Brazilian miner Vale said on Monday that it had produced 75.7 million tonnes of iron ore in the second quarter, with output of 41,500 tonnes of nickel.

Reuters | July 19, 2021 | 3:21 pm

EV Metal Index quadruples year-on-year as lithium, nickel prices rally

MINING.COM’s tracker of the value of battery metals in newly sold electric cars surges from pandemic lows, grows 18% month-month as lithium and nickel prices resume upward march.

MINING.com Editor | July 19, 2021 | 2:10 pm

Low-cost, sustainable plasma technology could replace one of world’s rarest materials

Technology would replace indium, a rare chemical element widely used in smartphones and computers.

MINING.com Editor | July 19, 2021 | 12:34 pm

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