The miner said it has experienced no operating or production disruptions nor any supply chain interruptions or impact due to covid-19.

The British Columbia property is believed to host over 188m oz gold, 1.2 bn oz silver, 55bn lbs. copper in resources all categories included.

The 15-day suspension applied to remaining work being carried out to make Chuquicamata an underground mine, and projects at an early stage at Rajo Inca and Traspaso Andina.

Peru may be on track to record its first annual economic contraction in over two decades.

Meanwhile, steel mills across the country continue to run.

Bystrinsky is the largest greenfield project in the Russian metals industry.