Chile copper production at risk as coronavirus bites Measures such as trimming staff and tightening safety measures are now catching up with Chile's miners. Reuters | July 3, 2020 | 11:22 am
Former child miner wins Diana award for setting up school in India Neeraj Murmu was among 23 young Indians recognized in this week's Diana Awards for their service to communities. Reuters | July 3, 2020 | 9:52 am
South Africa to investigate scrap metal shortage Shortage of scrap metals is hurting the country's manufacturing and processing sectors. Reuters | July 3, 2020 | 9:32 am
Russia halts Nornickel power unit after fuel spill Company suspended operations at six facilities for 90 days. Reuters | July 3, 2020 | 9:19 am
Vedanta’s KCM warns part of Nchanga mine about to collapse Company says part of the pit will cave in "anytime" in the next five days. Reuters | July 3, 2020 | 8:27 am
Rio Tinto cuts reserves at Oyu Tolgoi as costs rise Rio also narrowed its estimated first production from its mine to between October 2022 and June 2023. Reuters | July 3, 2020 | 8:12 am
Chile keeps output steady in May even as coronavirus explodes Production at Codelco rose 3% year-on-year to 144,200 tonnes. Reuters | July 2, 2020 | 11:14 am
A miraculous covid-19 recovery but Dr Copper needs more tests LME three-month copper ended the first half of the year at $6,015 per tonne, up a whopping 38% from March lows. Reuters | July 2, 2020 | 9:14 am
Metals X to sell copper assets as shareholder fight leads to cash crunch The assets include the Paterson exploration project, Nifty copper operation and Maroochydore copper project. Reuters | July 2, 2020 | 9:10 am
Codelco says more pandemic restrictions would be ‘catastrophic’ The miner giant had held output and shipments of copper steady despite the growing crisis. Reuters | July 2, 2020 | 8:51 am
BHP’s Cerro Colorado to scale down operations Cerro Colorado produced 71,700 tonnes of copper in 2019. Reuters | July 1, 2020 | 10:55 am
Peru mining activity falls in May for third straight month The national INEI statistics agency said May copper output fell by 42.2%, while gold was down 65.1%. Reuters | July 1, 2020 | 9:17 am