Covid-19 cuts $280bn swathe through top 50 mining companies
MINING.COM's ranking of the world's 50 largest mining companies based on market value shows a beleaguered industry at the end of the first quarter 2020.
The FTSE/JSE Africa Platinum Mining Index jumped 4.9% Wednesday, taking its advance this year to 6.5%, as palladium touched an all-time high above $2,100 an ounce.
Metal neared $1,600 an ounce after Iran said it would no longer abide by any limits on its enrichment of uranium following the killing of General Qassem Soleimani.