Base Metals Top Stories

Copper price rallies 6%

Glencore's bold move and huge jump in Chinese concentrate imports light fire under copper price.

Frik Els | September 8, 2015 | 11:47 am

Done deal? Amplats said to have sold platinum mines to Sibanye for $100M

The companies are expected to make an official announcement on…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 8, 2015 | 9:30 am

INFOGRAPHIC: Most Assets Hurting, but one stock market has bucked the trend

Deutsche Bank recently provided a graphical snapshot that covers the…

Visual Capitalist | September 8, 2015 | 7:31 am

SA platinum cuts to hurt global output over next two years

Supply for the year, however, is expected to increase by…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 8, 2015 | 4:45 am

South African president to broker talks on mining job cuts

Mining employs about 440,000 in South Africa and makes up…

Bloomberg News | September 8, 2015 | 12:37 am

Canada unveils its 2021 critical mineral list

Canada can leverage its mining and processing expertise as well as its natural resource endowment and its world-leading environmental, social, and governance credentials.

Jamil Hijazi - Mineral Economist and Energy analyst | March 15, 2021 | 11:13 am

Glencore shakes up management with three top traders to exit

Following the departures, the zinc and copper trading units will be merged.

Bloomberg News | March 15, 2021 | 10:38 am

Interview: Clean TeQ’s Sunrise battery materials complex in Australia is construction ready

Project in New South Wales is one of the largest nickel/cobalt deposits in the world and one of the largest and highest grade accumulations of scandium ever discovered.

Northern Miner Staff | March 15, 2021 | 10:17 am

Electric cars will cost more using ethically sourced batteries

The European Union’s efforts to ethically source a key battery metal face headwinds that could make it more expensive for automakers to go electric.

Bloomberg News | March 15, 2021 | 9:50 am

Mick Davis launches $300 million battery metals SPAC

Vision Blue has also invested in Ferro-Alloy Resources, which is developing a vanadium project in Kazakhstan.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 15, 2021 | 8:23 am

The king of nickel is betting big on a green future in batteries

Tsingshan made numerous bold moves on its path to becoming the world’s largest nickel producer, but its new plan to supply carmakers with cheap, clean metal could be its biggest breakthrough yet.

Bloomberg News | March 15, 2021 | 8:22 am