Base Metals Top Stories

China’s surprise currency move is more bad news for Canadian commodities

Stock markets in Canada and the United States fell sharply on the news that China had allowed the yuan to drop 2%.

Business in Vancouver | August 11, 2015 | 9:45 am

Thinking outside the commodity box: Benchmark’s investment primer for lithium, cobalt and graphite

Simon Moores, managing director of London-based Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, and…

The Gold Report | August 11, 2015 | 8:57 am

How AlphaNorth’s Steve Palmer copes with the commodity blues

Commodity markets change cyclically, and there is money to be…

The Energy Report | August 11, 2015 | 5:34 am

Antarctica may hold the key to regulating mining in space

As we turn our eyes to the skies, we should…

io9.com | August 10, 2015 | 9:00 am

Zimbabwe platinum export tax shelved for now

The country had introduced the levy on raw platinum exports…

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 10, 2015 | 8:07 am

Canada Silver Cobalt working on new battery recycling initiative

The project uses the hydrometallurgical Re-2Ox process to recover metals from lithium-ion, nickel-hydride and nickel-cadmium batteries.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 2, 2021 | 6:11 am

Rio Tinto, Mongolia agree to replace Oyu Tolgoi expansion plan

News of the agreement comes as the Australian Taxation Office has hit the miner with a new $317 million bill.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 2, 2021 | 4:07 am

Battery demand to maintain elevated cobalt prices – report

But increasing advances in cobalt-free and low-cobalt content batteries will pose a large threat to long-term demand and prices, Fitch says.

MINING.com Editor | March 1, 2021 | 2:00 pm

Copper, nickel price: 3 charts that bolster the bear case

The mad surge in the copper price took even ardent bulls by surprise, but doubts are beginning to creep in about the sustainability of the rally, at least in the short term.

Frik Els | March 1, 2021 | 12:51 pm

Webequie Nation, Juno ink MOU for Ring of Fire exploration

Juno is the largest claim holder within the Ring of Fire, a metal rich region in northern Ontario.

MINING.com Editor | March 1, 2021 | 12:25 pm

US Forest Service rescinds environmental report for Rio’s Arizona copper mine

The decision effectively reverses one made by officials in the waning days of former President Donald Trump's administration.

Reuters | March 1, 2021 | 12:18 pm

To go electric, America needs more mines. Can it build them?

Biden plans to allow mines that produce EV metals to be developed under existing environmental standards, rather than face a tightened process that would apply to other materials.

Reuters | March 1, 2021 | 10:00 am