Base Metals Top Stories

Standard Chartered predicts six months of stagnation

Industrial metals face at least six months of stagnation as market conditions in China deteriorate and low prices are needed to curb supply, Standard Chartered Plc said, slashing forecasts for this year and next.

Bloomberg News | September 2, 2015 | 6:03 am

China factory data roils copper stocks – Freeport falls 9%

Billions wiped from mining sector as Chinese manufacturing activity contracts…

Frik Els | September 1, 2015 | 1:00 pm

Copper giants face cost cutting opposition in Chile

Labour action threatened after half the workers at El-Abra mine…

Frik Els | August 31, 2015 | 4:18 pm

China’s Zijin hands $298 million to partner Barrick Gold

The cash injection comes from selling half of its interest…

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 31, 2015 | 3:50 am

Codelco now mines copper for $1.40 a pound

Chile's state-owned giant slashes costs 11% and boosts production as…

Frik Els | August 28, 2015 | 1:29 pm

Home: Old economy recharges lead market

People are gradually emerging from lockdown and taking to the road again, often only to find they need a replacement lead-acid battery for the car.

Reuters | July 9, 2021 | 9:05 am

Copper price rises as dollar retreats

Copper prices ticked up on Friday as the US dollar pulled back from a three-month high.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 9, 2021 | 8:20 am

Taseko’s Florence mine permit later than expected

Taseko had expected the draft underground injection control (UIC) permit from the EPA by June 30.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 9, 2021 | 3:53 am

Technology Metals Snapshot: Eight juniors with properties to watch

Many juniors are on the hunt for ‘technology metals,’ a broad category that includes cobalt, copper, nickel, platinum group elements, graphite, lithium, rare earth elements, and silver, among others.

Northern Miner Staff | July 8, 2021 | 3:41 pm

Ascot discovers high-grade base metals mineralization at Premier

Initial drilling this year has intercepted a shallow zone of gold-silver mineralization and a deeper zone of high-grade copper-silver mineralization.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 8, 2021 | 9:33 am

Copper price down as Fed boosts dollar

Copper prices retreated on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve confirmed plans to tighten monetary policy sooner than expected.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 8, 2021 | 8:52 am

GRAPHIC: Russia’s aluminum export tax fuels price surge on spot market

Moscow is proposing a 15% export tax on aluminum exports or a minimum of $254 a tonne between August and December.

Reuters | July 8, 2021 | 8:04 am

Copper supply gap to emerge in second half of the decade — report

LME cash copper prices are expected to average $4.20 per lb. in 2021 and $3.96 per lb. in 2022, according to the inaugural edition of Critical Metals for a Sustainable World.

Northern Miner Staff | July 7, 2021 | 6:55 pm

Ero Copper hits 67 m of 9.21% Cu in extension of the Pilar mine

Deepening extension drilling within the Pilar mine has delineated a new open zone of “Superpod” mineralization.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 7, 2021 | 4:57 pm

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