Base Metals Top Stories

Forget slower growth, worry about Chinese GDP contraction

Chinese rail freight tonnage – a key indicator for economic activity and the commodities trade – has plunged by 10.2% this year.

Frik Els | August 20, 2015 | 3:57 pm

Heap Leach: Mining’s breakthrough technology

New techniques for tailings treatment and sulfide ore recovery will…

Vladimir Basov | August 20, 2015 | 9:22 am

Markets swoon

Gold is actually having a good day.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 20, 2015 | 9:14 am

Eldorado Gold to take legal action against Greece over mine halt

The company warned it would take authorities to court after…

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 20, 2015 | 3:18 am

The real reason the copper price is being crushed

Hidden Chinese inventory and the carry trade.

Frik Els | August 19, 2015 | 5:32 pm

Northern Dynasty taps markets for $14.5m to continue Pebble appeal

Company has entered into an at-the-market offering agreement with H.C. Wainwright & Co acting as agent.

MINING.com Editor | June 21, 2021 | 3:40 pm

Glencore to reopen one of world’s biggest cobalt mines

Glencore said in August 2019 that it would close the mine for two years to carry out care and maintenance.

Bloomberg News | June 21, 2021 | 2:42 pm

EV Metal Index jumps 375% year-on-year as lithium price rally continues

MINING.COM’s tracker of the value of battery metals in newly sold electric cars surges from pandemic lows, hitting third best month on record as lithium prices continue to rally.

MINING.com Editor | June 21, 2021 | 12:30 pm

RANKED: World’s top ten biggest nickel mines

The metal plays a key role in the global transition to clean energy and demand from the EV sector alone is expected to grow by 2.6Mt to 2040.

MINING.com Editor | June 21, 2021 | 12:06 pm

Lundin Mining shares plunge on Candelaria production cut

The open pit contains known fault zones, and the mining plan calls for production to shift below the danger zones.

Henry Lazenby | June 21, 2021 | 11:45 am

Copper price regains ground, rally not over, Citi says

Prices edged up Monday after hitting a two-month low on Friday.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 21, 2021 | 10:09 am

GRAPHICS: What’s the plan? Corporate polluters lag on setting climate goals

More than 40 of the world's 250 biggest corporate emitters - or 16% - are only just starting to assess their emissions, report shows.

Reuters | June 21, 2021 | 9:10 am

Russian billionaire Potanin will not join in Nornickel buyback

Potanin owns a 34.6% stake in Nornickel, which plans to buy up to 3.4% of its shares for $2-billion.

Reuters | June 21, 2021 | 7:49 am

Volvo and Northvolt team up to build new battery gigafactory in Europe

Partnership will help Volvo’s efforts to make half of its cars fully electric by mid-decade and all of them 100% electric by 2030.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 21, 2021 | 6:38 am

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