Antofagasta sells copper concentrate at treatment charge of around $10 The very low rate sale - done via a tender last week - comes as disruption to mine supply globally puts pressure on TC/RCs. Reuters | April 7, 2021 | 7:37 am
Serbia Zijin Copper to invest $408m in mines, smelter The company, part of China's Zijin Mining, said it planned to boost output of copper concentrate by 38.91% to 74,010 tonnes this year. Reuters | April 7, 2021 | 7:34 am
GRAPH: Global metal and ore production at a glance Critical metals and minerals are a tiny sliver of a sliver of global mining production. MINING.com Editor | April 6, 2021 | 1:02 pm
Mason PEA from Hudbay suggests potential to double copper output With a 27-year life, the project would involve 20 years of mining and seven years of stockpile processing at a 120,000 t/d flotation concentrator. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 6, 2021 | 10:54 am
Liberty Gold triples TV Tower resource in Turkey The estimate brings five new deposits at the project in western Turkey into resources. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 6, 2021 | 9:10 am
Greenpeace stages Pacific Ocean protest against deep-sea mining Last week BMW, Volvo Group, Samsung SDI and Google signed on to a World Wildlife Fund call for a moratorium on the practice. Reuters | April 6, 2021 | 8:08 am
Boliden sees 300m SEK hit from covid-19, production snags in Q1 The Swedish firm had previously forecast a negative effect of 200 million crowns Reuters | April 6, 2021 | 7:41 am
Engie to build wind farm to supply Anglo American’s Quellaveco project in Peru Construction of the 260MW Punta Lomitas wind park is expected to begin in the second half of 2021. MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 6, 2021 | 6:06 am
Panoramic Resources to restart nickel project in Australia To support the resuming of operations, Panoramic has entered a five-year nickel and copper concentrate offtake agreement with Trafigura Group. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 6, 2021 | 3:50 am