Base Metals Top Stories

Vale adds to iron ore supply glut — second highest ever quarterly output

The world’s largest iron ore producer continued to flood the market despite a current oversupply that has sent prices for the commodity plummeting to historic lows.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 23, 2015 | 8:15 am

Global miners improve policies on community consent, while oil and gas lag

Implementation of “free, prior and informed consent” policies vital tool…

Oxfam America | July 23, 2015 | 7:20 am

Coal slump hits Teck’s profit, output forecast

The Vancouver-based miner profit fell 21% in the quarter, making…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 23, 2015 | 5:30 am

Newmont results shows it pulling away from peers

World's second largest gold miner ups 2015 production to 5.2m–5.5m…

Frik Els | July 22, 2015 | 2:15 pm

BHP Billiton beats iron ore guidance, takes copper write-downs

The world's No.1 miner will continue boosting its iron ore…

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 22, 2015 | 12:08 am

Mining industry to continue flying high through 2022 – report

Capex budgets are on the rise after major mining companies were able to weather the covid-19 pandemic.

MINING.com Editor | June 2, 2021 | 10:18 am

Nickel price: Fitch upgrades forecast on long-term uptrend

Rising near-term supplies are the primary driver for a bearish 2021 price outlook.

MINING.com Editor | June 2, 2021 | 10:02 am

Chile’s Codelco, Escondida copper mines saw production drops in April

Codelco copper mine's production fell 0.5% year on year to 132,700 tonnes in April.

Reuters | June 2, 2021 | 10:00 am

Botswana’s Khoemacau copper mine aims to start production this month

It will be the only operational one in the diamond-rich country after two other copper mines were placed under liquidation.

Reuters | June 2, 2021 | 9:58 am

Copper price down as China premium falls to 5-year low

Yangshan copper premium fell to $30.50 a tonne, its lowest since February 2016, indicating weakening demand for imported metal into China.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 2, 2021 | 8:59 am

SolGold and Cornerstone pull together to advance Cascabel project in Ecuador

The deal, which ends a two-year standoff between the parties, will explore financing options for the mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 2, 2021 | 7:18 am

Canada Nickel’s Crawford project to produce 93% less CO2 emissions than industry average

A study by Skarn Associates shows that the Crawford nickel-cobalt sulphide project in Ontario is set to produce 2.05 tonnes of CO2 per tonne of nickel-equivalent production over its 25-year mine life.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 2, 2021 | 6:06 am

Tesla eyes over $1 billion worth of Australian critical minerals a year

The electric cars giant already sources three quarters of its lithium feedstock and over a third of its nickel from Australia.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 2, 2021 | 3:54 am

Rio Tinto reports landslip at part of US Bingham Canyon copper mine

Rio said the landslip had been expected based on geo-technical monitoring at the mine, and all personnel had been removed from the area in advance to ensure safety.

Reuters | June 1, 2021 | 10:34 pm

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