Peru road blockades force MMG to halt Las Bambas copper mine

The company said there will be no impact to the mine’s ongoing environmental monitoring and remediation program.

Surge will continue to hold its interest in its cobalt projects in both Chile and Ontario, and its lithium brine project in Chile.

Chile's Collahuasi copper mine is seeking "synergies" with companies with operations close to its own mine in the Atacama area.

The mill treated 40,000 t/d with an average head grade of 0.31% copper.

There is a porphyry copper-molybdenum-gold system at the Espiritu SMR property.

The company produced 472,418 ounces of gold at its Egypt-based Sukari mine last year, compared to 544,658 ounces in 2017, due to disruptions and lower grades at the operation.

Concentrate shipments from Indonesia's Grasberg mine, will drop because of a lag in output while operations shift from open pit to underground mining.

Use of sea water, both desalinated and direct from the ocean, to increase by 230% over 2018 levels.

The London Metal Exchange index slumped to a one-and-a-half year low of 2730.1 on Jan. 3.