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Base metal mining covers the essential non-precious metals that power modern infrastructure, clean energy, and global industry. From copper and zinc to nickel and lead, these metals are critical to the supply chains of construction, manufacturing, and electric vehicles. This category offers breaking news, market analysis, production updates, and geopolitical insights tied to the base metals sector.
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Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange reached about US$14,373 per tonne on Sept. 4, putting the contract on track for a tenth consecutive weekly gain…
Copper has moved to a record intraday level near US$14,533 per tonne on the London Metal Exchange, while gold and silver have weakened as stronger August…
Indonesia’s decision to cut its 2026 nickel ore quota to roughly 260 million to 270 million wet metric tonnes has tightened a market that many analysts…
Kaoko Metals (ASX: KAO) has raised A$20 million to accelerate exploration at its Chalkos Copper-Silver Project in north-west Namibia, just days after reporting broad zones of…
Arizona copper operations increasingly depend on the design, cost and durability of their water systems. Arizona’s copper expansion is entering a more demanding phase in 2026.…
Copper and nickel processing infrastructure in Brazil’s Carajás region. Vale has indefinitely shelved plans to list its critical-minerals subsidiary Vale Base Metals, according to a report…
Indonesia’s 2026 nickel market is being shaped by two separate forces: a structural reduction in permitted ore supply and a potential weather-driven disruption at Morowali. The…
Diamond drilling at a remote copper exploration site. Recent drill results from Alaska, Arizona, Peru and Canada illustrate why copper exploration is attracting renewed attention: and…
Copper processing infrastructure at a large-scale mining and smelting complex. Global copper mine production fell 1.1% in the first half of 2026, even as installed capacity…
An Indonesian nickel processing complex in Sulawesi. Indonesia’s decision to tighten nickel ore approvals has shifted the market’s central question from how quickly processing capacity can…
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