December 5, 2019 Barminco’s remote system operates loaders 1,000 kilometres away The subsidiary of fellow Australian company, Perenti, successfully piloted its BROC remote operating centre.
December 4, 2019 Australia’s Panoramic rejects Independence’s ‘opportunistically timed’ takeover offer Shareholders also should wait to see if a superior offer emerged, said Panoramic.
December 4, 2019 Indonesia dangles cheaper energy to lure billions in investment Indonesia is home to some of the world’s largest deposits of copper, nickel and tin.
December 4, 2019 Vale aims to boost nickel production by 70% The company will divest its New Caledonia operation, eyes Indonesia for expansion.
December 3, 2019 Tipping point for electric cars still four years away – report Price of lithium-ion batteries used in EVs has dropped 87% since 2010, but reaching price-parity with internal combustion engines has ways to go.
December 1, 2019 Blackstone Minerals partners with S. Korean firm for lithium ion battery production Ecopro BM, South Korea's largest ev battery cathode producer, will develop a downstream processing facility with Blackstone's Ta Khoa nickel project in Vietnam.
November 29, 2019 Inomin expands Beaver-Lynx nickel project The Vancouver-based miner added 6,040 hectares through staking and the buyout of eight properties.
November 27, 2019 Lundin anticipates bump in base metals production, dividend The company anticipates copper production to increase more than 20% in 2020.
November 26, 2019 Vale sees $1.6 billion impairment charge for Q4 in New Caledonia write down Vale said its annual assets review of its base metals and coal business is still underway and further impairments charges that would also impact fiscal year 2019 cannot be ruled…
November 25, 2019 Oversupplied lithium unlikely to happen to nickel Most industry observers are expecting batteries to occupy a higher percentage of the nickel market.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
