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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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The remote Great Sandy Desert landscape surrounding the proposed Winu copper-gold project. Rio Tinto (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO) has secured Aboriginal consent for its Winu copper-gold…
Copper’s 2026 outlook is being reshaped by a breakdown in the traditional pricing relationship between miners and smelters. Spot treatment charges have fallen below $20 per…
The nickel market is splitting into two distinct stories in 2026. Class 2 material, including nickel pig iron (NPI) used in stainless steel, remains broadly supplied.…
Copper mining and processing infrastructure remain central to the market’s supply response as tariff policy stays unresolved. The White House has not decided whether to impose…
Nickel processing infrastructure links Indonesian ore supply to global stainless steel and battery markets. Nickel prices are entering the final stretch of 2026 with a stronger…
Power infrastructure linking an AI data center campus with the wider electricity grid. Copper’s 2026 outlook is being shaped by two forces moving at different speeds.…
Copper processing infrastructure at a large-scale industrial complex. Copper is trading near $14,800 per metric ton, close to its recent record, as traders balance three competing…
Capstone Copper’s Mantoverde operation forms part of the Atacama district being expanded through the San Pietro acquisition. Capstone Copper has completed its acquisition of the copper…
Underground mining and processing infrastructure are central to Nexa’s Latin American zinc and silver platform. Boliden has agreed to acquire Brazilian investment group Votorantim’s controlling stake…
The mining investment landscape turned sharply more defensive after a hotter U.S. producer-price reading lifted Treasury yields and increased expectations of another Federal Reserve rate hike.…
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