Base Metals Top Stories

The ever diminishing ambitions of BHP Billiton

This year capital and exploration spending at BHP will be $13 billion less than in 2013, leaving the world's largest miner with a single greenfield project.

Frik Els | September 23, 2015 | 11:39 pm

Ultra-class: How BHP drives haul-truck efficiency

Bigger blasts, crib huts and hot seating.

Frik Els | September 23, 2015 | 3:29 pm

Argentina extends Barrick’s Veladero gold mine halt

Local judge had initially ordered a five-day suspension of the…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 23, 2015 | 12:10 pm

South Africa replaces mining minister on eve of massive job cuts

Given that ousted minister Ramatlhodi is considered the main person…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 23, 2015 | 5:00 am

BHP Billiton contributed $7.3 billion in payments worldwide, shows first related report

The mining giant acknowledged it used a Singapore marketing hub…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 23, 2015 | 3:16 am

Top 14 UBS battery metals forecasts after VW teardown

UBS says ID.3 is the “most significant bet on EVs made by any legacy carmaker to date” prompting a super bullish upgrade to demand for lithium, nickel, cobalt, rare earth and graphite

MINING.com Editor | March 23, 2021 | 2:21 pm

Aluminum price sinks on China’s move to sell state reserves

China is considering selling about 500,000 metric tonnes of aluminum in a move that would help cool the market and meet the country’s emissions objectives.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 23, 2021 | 11:50 am

China mulls selling aluminum from state reserves to cool prices

China is considering selling about 500,000 tonnes of aluminum from state reserves.

Bloomberg News | March 23, 2021 | 8:41 am

Trafigura sees green copper supercycle driving prices to $15,000

The world’s biggest copper trader expects the metal to breach $10,000 a tonne this year, before entering a range of $12,000 to $15,000 a tonne over the coming decade.

Bloomberg News | March 23, 2021 | 8:26 am

Copper market in 24,000 tonnes surplus in Dec 2020 – ICSG

For the first 12 months of the year, the market was in a 559,000 tonnes deficit compared with a 383,000 tonnes deficit in the same period a year earlier.

Reuters | March 23, 2021 | 8:04 am

Booming demand and shipping costs feed aluminum rally

Soaring shipping costs, booming demand and tight supplies of primary and scrap aluminium are likely to fuel further price rises for the metal.

Reuters | March 23, 2021 | 7:56 am

Singapore probes nickel trading fraud, Envy Global director charged

Ng Yu Zhi, a director of Envy Global Trading Pte Ltd and Envy Asset Management Pte Ltd, was charged with two counts of cheating and two of fraudulent trading.

Reuters | March 23, 2021 | 7:49 am