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Base Metals ►  Copper, Aluminium, Zinc, Lead, Tin, Nickel
9 Mar 2010 Zinc  ►  Copper prices down to $7,470/mt
LME copper closed at $7,470/mt, having earlier hit $7,629.75/mt... more 
8 Mar 2010   Prices of metals will continue rising as economy stabilises
As the global economy recovers from the worst recession in 70 years, industrial metals are expected to stay on a recovery path this year, but metal producers warn that the advance may be slow as... more 
7 Mar 2010   Anglo American to sell zinc assets for $800m
Vedanta Resources and Canadian miner HudBay Minerals are believed to be in the mix for the $800m zinc assets of Anglo American which are up for sale... more 
  China's non-ferrous output up by 4% in 2009
According to the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association, the output of China's 10 types of nonferrous metals exceeded 26 million tonnes in 2009 up 3.99% YoY... more 
6 Mar 2010   Copper prices up on LME; precious metals mixed
Copper prices were up Friday, helped by better jobs data for the United States and more optimism that demand for the metal from China will not be hurt by the Asian nation’s monetary policy... more 
  Mount Burgess confirms high zinc/lead recoveries at Nxuu deposit
Kihabe zinc/lead project, Western Ngamiland, Botswana... more 
5 Mar 2010   Levon acquires La Cuesta's gold-silver-lead-zinc project
Levon Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce that the company has entered in to an Agreement with La Cuesta International, Inc. (LCI) to acquire 100% of the Las Mesas gold-silver-lead-zinc project,... more 
25 Feb 2010   China's nonferrous metal output was 26.05 mln tons in 2009
China's total output of ten kinds of nonferrous metal reached 26.05 million tons last year, reflecting a year-on-year increase of 3.99%, according to statistics released by China Nonferrous Metals... more 
  MiNE LLC holds Africa mining congress in Zambia
Zambia is a significant global player insofar as copper output is concerned... more 
24 Feb 2010   Gold keeps above $1,100; zinc price forecasts
Gold consolidated above the $1,100 level on Wednesday while oil prices extended their advance after strong gains in the previous session and copper maintained a hold above the key $7,000-a-tonne... more 
23 Feb 2010   Silvercorp acquires silver-lead-zinc project for $15m
Silvercorp Metals Inc. has agreed to pay $15 million to acquire Silvertip, a silver-lead-zinc project in British Columbia that's presently owned by Silver Standard Resources Inc... more 
  Nickel & stainless steel production booming in China
Chinese stainless steel production rose 26.8% to 8.8 Mt in 2009, according to the Stainless Steel Council of China. China's apparent consumption of stainless steel increased by almost 32%, to 8.22... more 
  LME metals down
Copper prices were down on Monday, under pressure from a disappointing Chinese market return from week-long Lunar New Year holidays and concerns about further monetary tightening in the world's... more 
21 Feb 2010   Alturas acquires Huajoto zinc, gold and rare earths project in central Peru
Canada-based Alturas Minerals Corp. announced that it has increased its share in the Huajoto zinc-gold-rare earth element project in central Peru to 100%... more 
19 Feb 2010   LME copper at 3-week high
LME copper ended at $7,435/mt on Friday... more 
  Goldman Sachs Group mulls buying Metro International Warehousing
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is acquiring Metro International Trade Services, a U.S. warehouse operator... more 
17 Feb 2010   Workers strike at three Buenaventura gold mines
Workers at Peru's largest publicly-traded precious metals company, Buenaventura, walked off the job at three of the company's mines on Saturday... more 
  LME metals highs as dollar sinks
LME copper closed at $7,144/mt on Tuesday, up almost 4%. Aluminium peaked at $2,138/mt, and nickel soared to a 7-month high of $20,345/mt... more 
  Nonferrous scrap global market reports
Fernando Duranti, Leghe & Metalli... more 
  Donner Metals intersects zinc, copper, silver and gold at McLeod zone
Mr. Harvey Keats, Chief Executive Officer of Donner Metals Ltd., reports assay results from exploration drilling on the Matagami Property. Assays were returned from a wedge hole on the McLeod Deep... more