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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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Large-scale open-pit mining equipment operating across terraced benches. By Salini Krishnan Target publish time: 4:00 PM ET Copper’s record rally, fresh option-style dealmaking in Peru, renewed…
Copper near US$14,223 a tonne, gold around US$4,425 an ounce, lithium carbonate at roughly RMB150,000–160,000 a tonne and uranium near US$96 a pound are setting the…
Copper prices have entered a new phase of market stress. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange climbed to about $14,533 per tonne on Sept. 7,…
Morowali’s nickel processing infrastructure faces simultaneous ore, water and power risks as Indonesia tightens mining quotas. Indonesia’s decision to limit 2026 nickel ore production to roughly…
Austral Resources Australia Ltd has formally escalated the corporate contest for Hammer Metals Ltd, submitting a binding scheme of arrangement proposal valued at approximately AU$80.7 million.…
Chile’s copper output fell to 403,424 tonnes in July, the weakest July result in the national data series since 2011. Chile’s copper production fell to its…
High-voltage grid infrastructure is becoming a more visible source of copper demand. Copper’s 2026 outlook is being shaped by a contest between two forces: a slower…
Nickel prices entered September near $16,700 per tonne, with LME inventories above 270,000 tonnes and the forward curve in contango. That combination points to a market…
Indonesia’s processing network is becoming the central cost and supply variable for the global nickel market. The nickel market is entering 2026 with two different stories.…
Northern Chile’s copper supply is under scrutiny as production weakness meets record prices. Copper has entered a more volatile phase after the London Metal Exchange price…
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