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. MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 3, 2021 | 9:31 am
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. MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 3, 2021 | 9:31 am
Ivanhoe’s Kamoa-Kakula to begin copper production within a month Overall construction of the Kamoa-Kakula project's first phase 3.8-Mtpa concentrator plant is 98% complete. MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 3, 2021 | 9:00 am
Antam Q1 nickel ore output up more than four-fold y/y Antam's nickel ore output stood at 2.64 million wet metric tonnes (WMT) in the first quarter, up from 629,000 WMT in the same period in 2020. Reuters | May 3, 2021 | 7:23 am
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. Reuters | May 3, 2021 | 7:19 am
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. Reuters | May 3, 2021 | 7:13 am
World’s top miner warns against Chile’s mining tax BHP says charging higher rates at times of high prices for copper and lithium could scare global investors away. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 3, 2021 | 7:08 am
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. Reuters | May 3, 2021 | 7:02 am
EnergyX’s direct lithium extraction technology gets $20m boost According to EnergyX, the funding makes it the highest-valued direct lithium extraction technology company on the market. MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 3, 2021 | 6:11 am