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

Sandfire awards $496 million mining contract at new Botswana copper mine

The Kalahari Copper Belt, which extends for nearly 1,000 km from northeast Botswana to western Namibia, is touted as one of the world’s emerging but mostly under-explored copper-silver region.

Reuters | June 9, 2021 | 4:36 am

Copper price lower, China price curb fears weigh

Copper prices drifted lower on Wednesday as high factory gate prices in China raised concerns of price curbs by the government.

Reuters | June 8, 2021 | 9:59 pm

BHP, Spence workers to extend talks for two days – union

The union representing 1,100 workers at the mine in Chile's northern Atacama Desert said it hoped to reach agreement by the end of Thursday.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 8, 2021 | 9:50 pm

Mitsubishi ups stake in Jetti Resources’ copper extraction technology

Jetti Resources has developed a catalytic technology that enables extraction of copper from primary sulfide ores.

MINING.com Editor | June 8, 2021 | 1:21 pm

US must work with allies to secure electric vehicle metals – White House

Biden has vowed to work with allies to secure minerals needed for EV vehicle batteries and process them domestically.

Reuters | June 8, 2021 | 11:41 am

Braveheart hits high-grade copper at Bull River

Drilling in H1 2021 returned an intercept of 19.79% Cu and 98.6 g/t Ag over 0.6 metres.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 8, 2021 | 10:33 am

Apple said to be in battery supply talks with CATL and BYD

The tech giant is said to be negotiating with Chinese battery producers CATL and BYD to secure supply for its allegedly planned electric car.

MINING.COM Editor | June 8, 2021 | 9:56 am

Ethos Gold shares up on $1.1 million private placement

Crescat Capital increased its interest to 12.7%.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 8, 2021 | 9:21 am

World needs Congo copper to kick fossil fuels, Friedland says

“If we came from Mars and we were sent in our flying saucer to orbit the Earth to find copper, we would definitely go to Katanga in the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the richest place on the planet for copper."

Bloomberg News | June 8, 2021 | 8:12 am

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