Base Metals Top Stories

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

The mining giant acknowledged it used a Singapore marketing hub to minimize its tax expenses, but added it is paying its fair share worldwide.

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

Indonesia puts 500,000 tonnes copper concentrate in doubt

Indonesia is not renewing Newmont's copper concentrate export permit according…

Frik Els | September 22, 2015 | 4:04 pm

Volkswagen crashes platinum price

World's largest automaker would actually need to buy more platinum…

Frik Els | September 22, 2015 | 12:39 pm

Copper leads fall in metal prices on China worries

So far, copper prices have failed to react significantly to…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 22, 2015 | 9:19 am

Glencore drops to lowest ever on China-triggered mining stocks massacre

Worries over China's growth and its impact on commodity prices…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 22, 2015 | 3:49 am

Congo copper sales increase 10% in H1, cobalt up 15%

Exports and local sales of copper stood at 871,956 tonnes, while sales of cobalt were recorded at 44,654 tonnes.

Reuters | August 31, 2021 | 7:19 am

Strike threat rises at BHP’s Cerro Colorado mine after union vote

BHP recently struck a deal with Chilean workers at its massive Escondida mine.

Reuters | August 30, 2021 | 10:07 am

Emirates Global Aluminium sees profit soar ahead of possible IPO

Aluminum has climbed as major economies recover from the pandemic. Futures in London are up almost 35% in 2021 to $2,650 a tonne, the highest in around a decade.

Bloomberg News | August 30, 2021 | 7:40 am

Rio Tinto to cut rates on loans to Mongolia for Oyu Tolgoi expansion

The company is said to be ready to make concessions to the country's government as it seeks to complete the mine's underground expansion.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 30, 2021 | 3:58 am

Ancient remains send warning message on current lead exposure in humans

Those most directly affected are miners and employees in recycling facilities.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 29, 2021 | 8:08 am

Peruvian bus carrying mining workers plunges into abyss, killing 16

A bus in the Peruvian Andes reportedly transporting workers at MMG's Las Bambas copper mine plunged off a cliff on Friday.

Reuters | August 27, 2021 | 5:30 pm

How Afghanistan’s $1 trillion mining wealth sold the war

US media regurgitates a 2010 New York Times frontpage story on Afghanistan’s mineral riches based on a secret Pentagon memo and a 1977 Soviet geologic map.

Frik Els | August 27, 2021 | 12:19 pm

Silver Elephant to spin-out battery metals assets

The Gibellini vanadium project, in Nevada, the Manitoba-based Minago nickel project and certain battery metals royalties will be stand-alone companies.

MINING.COM Editor | August 27, 2021 | 7:38 am

DRC reviewing $6bn mining deal with Chinese investors

President Felix Tshisekedi said in May that some mining contracts could be reviewed because of concerns they are not sufficiently benefiting Congo.

Reuters | August 27, 2021 | 7:24 am

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