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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.
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.
SANTIAGO — Chile copper output 2025 took another hit in October, with national production falling 7% year-on-year to 458,405 metric tons, according to fresh data from…
How Vedanta Saudi mining and Saudi copper processing are reshaping global supply chains and mineral strategy under Vision 2030.
The U.S. expands its critical minerals list to include copper, uranium, and met coal — reshaping mining incentives and national supply strategies.
As electric vehicle (EV) sales surged past 17 million units globally in 2024, the spotlight on lithium mining companies and nickel producers has never been brighter.…
The aluminium price 2025 story defines the tone of today’s base-metals market — a landscape where aluminium is rallying to multi-year highs, zinc is caught in…
Copper — the metal that powers everything from electric vehicles to AI-driven data centers — is heading toward its most consequential supply crunch in a decade.…
PANGKALPINANG, Oct 6– In a high-stakes show of force, Indonesia’s Attorney General on Monday handed over six seized smelters, approximately 680 metric tons of refined tin,…
Asian Battery Metals (ASX: ABM) has delivered a decisive technical milestone at its flagship Oval copper-nickel-PGE discovery in Mongolia, reporting metallurgical recoveries of up to 95%…
September 29, 2025 – San Juan, Argentina — Argentina has formally approved Canadian miner McEwen Copper’s $2.7 billion Los Azules project, granting it eligibility under the…
The race to secure copper has entered a new phase. Analysts warn that global copper demand could outpace supply by 300,000–500,000 tonnes in 2025, intensifying competition…
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