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
Greatland Gold wins ballot for exploration licence in Western Australia The win means that Greatland’s application for the license has priority and will be processed ahead of other competing applications. MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 2, 2020 | 6:15 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
Arizona Metals hits massive sulphide at Kay mine project The phase 1 drill program began in January but was shut down in March due to the covid-19 outbreak. Northern Miner Staff | June 30, 2020 | 1:17 pm
Freeport Indonesia’s Jan-May copper, gold output below target Copper concentrate production stood at 524,492 tonnes, 85% of the 616,277 tonnes targeted. Reuters | June 30, 2020 | 9:46 am