This month’s crowd surge on the silver market quickly dissipated after the price lost momentum above the $30-per ounce level and fell back just as sharply as it had risen.

Company logged $4.9 billion in provisions related to the Brumadinho dam disaster in quarterly earnings.

Company upped output from its own mines by 2% in 2020 to 1.618 million tonnes, despite strict covid-19 measures.

In the past year, New South Wales' heritage protection body has approved all of the development applications received.

Earlier this month, the US Department of Defense awarded $30 million in funds to build a facility in Texas to Lynas.

Company will seek to push forward with several new and pending projects in the mineral-rich Andean nation as prices rise.

One person said a chip shortage may have affected the production cutback, which would last until March 7.

Mining firms say red tape has prevented them from generating their own power for years and have lobbied the government for rule changes.

A section of the plant collapsed on Feb. 20 killing three workers during renovation works.

CEO Graham Kerr said the miner had increased its interactions with the Noongar people over the development of its Hotham bauxite mine.

Company said copper output, which dipped to 306,000 tonnes in 2020 from 311,000 tonnes in 2019, was expected to slip further in 2021 to between 275,000 and 295,000 tonnes.

The precious metals miner declared an interim dividend of 10 rand ($0.69) per share, compared with 1.25 rand in the year-ago period.