May 18, 2023 Vale gets offers for stake in base metals unit Vale would sell 10% of the unit worth around $2.5 billion, local newspaper reports.
May 18, 2023 Hudbay’s reduced exposure belies its belief in Peru’s prospectivity Violent protests in the country have killed at least 66, posing risks to the activity of other large mines like MMG’s Las Bambas and Freeport-McMoRan’s Cerro Verde.
May 18, 2023 Marimaca Copper’s resource revamp lobs it into the ‘globally significant’ arena, says CEO Namesake project in the Antofagasta region now has measured and indicated oxide resources totalling 200 million tonnes grading 0.45% copper for 900,000 tonnes of metal.
May 18, 2023 Hudbay Minerals to acquire Copper Mountain mine in British Columbia for $439m Zeta Resources, which owns 9.96% of Copper Mountain, and Mitsubishi Materials, which owns 25%, have signalled their approval.
May 18, 2023 Copper price down, hit by strong dollar, rising inventories On-warrant copper stocks in LME registered warehouses climbed to a six-month peak.
May 18, 2023 Metallic Minerals nets $4.7 million investment from Newcrest for La Plata project Proceeds will help advance La Plata copper-silver-gold-PGE project in Colorado.
May 18, 2023 Copper concentrate market to face steep deficit from 2025 Asian smelters ramped up capacity amid a lack of matching mining projects in the pipeline.
May 18, 2023 KGHM sees extra viable mining pits at its biggest mine in Chile The company can verify four more viable mining pits in its flagship Sierra Gorda copper and molybdenum mine.
May 18, 2023 Pembridge Resources in trading halt as it seeks liquidation The miner, whose shares collapsed this week on the closure of its Minto copper-gold mine in Canada, has engaged insolvency advisers.
May 18, 2023 Miners in Chile to pay more taxes as long-awaited reform approved The bill increasing the government's take only needs the signature of President Gabriel Boric, who has publicly backed it, to become law.
Disruption and dislocation: LME metals’ year in seven charts Supply disruption and tariff dislocation have defined the London Metal Exchange base metals complex this year. December 23, 2025 | 07:58 am
