May 3, 2021

USDX, gold miners: the lion and the jackals

While gold, silver and mining stocks’ gaze across the grassland, the sun has likely set on their recent rallies.

May 3, 2021

Home: Indonesia, the puzzle of nickel’s competing narratives

The global nickel market recorded a supply-demand surplus of 108,000 tonnes last year and is on track to record another 45,000-tonne surplus this year.

May 3, 2021

Fission offers $24m bought deal for Triple R development

The Triple R deposit is on the Patterson Lake South property in the Athabasca Basin.

May 3, 2021

Golden Predator-Viva Gold merger falls through

The juniors have mutually agreed to terminate their definitive agreement for the proposed acquisition of Viva Gold by Golden Predator.

May 3, 2021

Copper price keeps soaring while ICSG predicts 79,000 tonnes surplus in 2021

The global copper market should see a surplus of 79,000 tonnes in 2021 and of 109,000 tonnes in 2022, according to the International Copper Study Group.

May 3, 2021

LME to announce open outcry ring decision in early June

LME floor trading was suspended over a year ago, in March 2020, amid a lockdown imposed to curb the spread of covid-19.

May 3, 2021

Major tin producer MSC won’t resume pre-covid output for 9 months

MSC accounts for about 7% of global supplies estimated at around 330,000 tonnes last year.

May 3, 2021

Russell: China seeks to cool red-hot steel sector, and aims at Australia

Beijing and Canberra have been at loggerheads for more than a year over a variety of political issues, but the fallout has been concentrated in trade.

May 3, 2021

CME starts trading lithium futures to tap EV demand

Contracts tied to the battery metal are expected to make pricing more transparent.

May 2, 2021

Lithium producers grow bullish as EV revolution turbocharges demand

Growing industry optimism from higher lithium prices is a change from last year when funding for mines and processing plants dried up during the pandemic.