Search the Skillings archive
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.
Track global pricing trends, explore major mining projects, and understand how evolving demand—especially from green technologies—is reshaping exploration and investment. Skillings delivers accurate, timely, and actionable intelligence to help professionals, investors, and analysts navigate the fast-moving world of base metal mining.
Whether you’re following nickel’s role in EV batteries, copper’s infrastructure boom, or zinc’s industrial rebound—this hub provides the authoritative coverage you need. Bookmark this page for your go-to source on base metal mining.
March 12, 2026 marks an inflection point for the global extractive sector. We aren't just looking at price fluctuations anymore; we are witnessing a fundamental reordering…
The invisible hand of the market is currently being choked by a copper wire. Most analysts spent the last three years talking about the "energy transition"…
The energy transition is a mathematical impossibility that nobody in polite company wants to admit. We’ve spent years listening to lofty promises about "net-zero" and "electrification,"…
Ghana Bauxite Boom GIADEC EGA plan expands Awaso output and builds rail-to-port links to secure global bauxite supply.
US copper refining crisis 2026 exposes smelter shortages as the US exports concentrate and imports refined metal.
Copper deficit 2026 price forecast signals tight supply, rising AI and EV demand, and higher price volatility across global markets.
The LME vs SHFE copper arbitrage gap in 2026 reveals diverging demand signals, positioning risk, and why traditional arbitrage no longer works.
Lithium price forecast 2026 faces supply risks and EV demand, while nickel restructures. We compare returns, deficits, and portfolio impact.
The Eldorado Gold Foran Mining acquisition signals rising copper M&A as miners secure supply amid electrification, AI demand, and 2026 deficits.
Centerra Gold Kemess project drives an 8% stock surge after a PEA values the copper-gold asset at $1.1 billion in British Columbia.
Our newsletters on critical minerals, policy and the week’s deals, free through LinkedIn or by email.
