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

Workers at Codelco’s Andina copper mine turn down contract offer, gird for strike

Andina produced 184,000 tonnes of copper in 2020, around 11% of the total output of Codelco.

Reuters | July 29, 2021 | 6:57 pm

Turquoise Hill’s profit surges over 33% on strong output

Turquoise's second-quarter copper production from Oyu Tolgoi stood at 36,735 tonnes.

Reuters | July 29, 2021 | 2:55 pm

China metals body names 66 certified importers for copper, aluminum scrap

The certified importers in the third batch are from 12 provinces and regions in China.

Reuters | July 29, 2021 | 1:45 pm

Copper price: After China ban, Australia had no problem finding new concentrate buyers

China was Australia’s no. 1 customer and in the past sucked in more than half the country’s exports.

Frik Els | July 29, 2021 | 10:57 am

Gupta pays $25 million to end long-running spat with Rio Tinto

The dispute with Rio dates back to the miner’s sale of the Dunkirk smelter in France to Gupta for $500 million in 2018.

Bloomberg News | July 29, 2021 | 9:37 am

Canada Nickel raises nearly $10 million for Crawford exploration

The feasibility study is underway and should be ready by the middle of next year.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 29, 2021 | 8:28 am

Anglo American half-year profit best in its 104-year history

The diversified miner reported pre-tax profits of $10.1 billion for the six months to June, more than double what it made in 2020 as a whole.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 29, 2021 | 7:09 am

Low-carbon power for steel, aluminum industries key for global decarbonization goals — report

According to Wood Mackenzie, ramping up battery metals production is also important to limit the average global warming to two degrees above pre-industrial levels by 2040.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 29, 2021 | 6:06 am

VIDEO: Chinese workers condemned for ordering soldiers to beat up artisanal miners in the DRC

According to the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, mine workers ordered two soldiers to beat up the artisanal miners.

Bruno Venditti | July 28, 2021 | 10:03 pm

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