Base Metals Top Stories

Sibanye expects to generate up to 60% of power needs from new coal project

The move aims to reduce the gold producer's dependence on unreliable electricity supply from state-run utility Eskom Holdings.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 18, 2015 | 5:55 am

Prospecting the Gold Colonies

Prospecting is of course the integral first step in the…

Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd | September 18, 2015 | 2:06 am

Codelco, Antofagasta halt operations after Chile earthquake

The companies said no damages have been registered at the…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 17, 2015 | 12:39 pm

Barrick’s Veladero gold mine in Argentina halted over cyanide leak

The judge also ruled that a group of independent specialists…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 17, 2015 | 7:22 am

Glencore to sell part of its Chile, Peru copper output

The alleged deals involve Glencore's Collahausi mine in Chile, as…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 17, 2015 | 2:01 am

Newmont to decide on $2 billion Peru project by year-end

The project would allow operations at the massive Yanacocha gold mine in northern Peru’s Cajamarca region to continue beyond 2040.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 23, 2021 | 3:51 am

Generation Mining maintains majority control of Marathon project

Sibanye-Stillwater has elected not to exercise its right to take up 51% ownership of the project.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 22, 2021 | 2:07 pm

South America’s left turn is bullish copper, top miner says

Freeport-McMoRan chief Richard Adkerson says he plans to work with the industry in Peru to engage with the incoming government of Pedro Castillo.

Bloomberg News | July 22, 2021 | 11:03 am

Copper price rises as China releases fewer metal reserves than expected

China will sell another 30,000 tonnes of copper, 90,000 tonnes of aluminum, and 50,000 tonnes of zinc from its state reserves on July 29.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 22, 2021 | 8:10 am

Freeport-McMoRan profit beats estimates on higher copper prices

Company copper production increased about 19% to 913 million pounds.

Reuters | July 22, 2021 | 7:34 am

Deep-South takes Namibia’s mining minister to court over licence refusal

Miner also seeks to prevent the government from granting exploration or mining rights over the same licence area to another company.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 22, 2021 | 6:59 am

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Sibanye expects to generate up to 60% of power needs from new coal project

Prospecting the Gold Colonies

Codelco, Antofagasta halt operations after Chile earthquake

Barrick’s Veladero gold mine in Argentina halted over cyanide leak

Glencore to sell part of its Chile, Peru copper output

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Newmont to decide on $2 billion Peru project by year-end

Generation Mining maintains majority control of Marathon project

South America’s left turn is bullish copper, top miner says

Copper price rises as China releases fewer metal reserves than expected

Freeport-McMoRan profit beats estimates on higher copper prices

Deep-South takes Namibia’s mining minister to court over licence refusal

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Newcrest says annual gold output at flagship mine beat forecast