Base Metals

BARRICK Gold did not have competitors for the Grasberg copper/gold mine it has an interest in buying from Freeport McMoRan, but it could years...

ORION Minerals confirmed press speculation it would raise $8m for its Prieska zinc-copper project after selling shares for $0.04 per share in a placement...

FIRST Quantum Minerals is to end plans to layoff 2,500 workers in Zambia due to higher tax plans in favour of continuing discussions with...

ZAMBIA'S feud with Glencore took a sinister turn after the head of the company's local copper company was prevented from leaving the country, said...

Zambia is the latest of southern Africa's mining giants to set down beneficiation plans at a time when prices, policy and power worry investment prospects.

Copper prices have charged to an all-time high as shipment delays and robust prospects further fuelled demand from investors, who have started buying into a new exchange fund.

Kalahari Minerals reports "exceptional" drilling results from Rossing South.

BHP Billiton is holding out for a hefty cut in copper treatment and refining charges with Chinese and Japanese copper smelters which are suffering the effects of margin shrinkage.

PART of the Nchanga open pit owned by Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), the Zambian firm that is the subject of a legal dispute between...

BARRICK Gold had held "theoretical" talks with US copper and gold miner, Freeport-McMoRan, about a tie-up between the two, said the Financial Times. In an...