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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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China’s copper smelters, responsible for more than half of global refined output, are facing renewed margin pressure as sulphuric acid prices—a critical revenue-supporting byproduct—fall sharply. The…
When Ottawa unveiled its list of five “nation-building” projects under a new federal fast-track program, two were copper mines: Newmont’s Red Chris block-cave expansion in northwest…
TORONTO, Sept. 16 — Canada’s Competition Bureau has confirmed it will scrutinize the proposed US$53 billion merger between Anglo American and Teck Resources, a transaction that…
aluminum price streak, LME aluminum, global aluminum deficit, China production cap, Fed rate cut aluminum, alumina cost pressures
Anglo American and Teck Resources unveiled plans for a $53 billion merger on Tuesday, a deal that would create Anglo Teck, the world’s fifth-largest copper producer…
Copper demand is surging. Will contract mining or owner-control deliver supply faster? Skillings breaks down the models shaping copper’s future.
US DoI draft 2025 Critical Minerals List adds copper, potash, silver. What it means for supply chains, retailers, and national security.
ADB approves $410m for Reko Diq copper-gold mine in Pakistan, set to be world’s 5th largest copper producer by 2028.
Marimaca Copper to acquire a $2.5M sulfuric acid plant in Chile, targeting 30% lower costs and stronger copper project economics.
Trump meets Rio Tinto & BHP chiefs as U.S. court halts Resolution Copper. What it means for mining, investors, and U.S. mineral security.
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