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
Vedanta seeks to upsize loan to $2.75 billion to fund delisting The firm won shareholder approval last week to begin the delisting process. Bloomberg News | June 30, 2020 | 9:36 am
SolGold goes after rival Cornerstone Capital Resources The $102m all-stock offer seeks to consolidate SolGold's ownership of Alpala, one of the world’s largest and highest-grade copper deposits. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 30, 2020 | 4:00 am
China confusion leaves scrap metal stranded overseas Top metals consumer is dragging its feet in releasing new codes for copper and aluminum scrap imports, leaving firms abroad confused. Reuters | June 29, 2020 | 12:22 pm
Copper heads for best quarter since 2010 as supply worries mount There’s growing risk to mining in top producer Chile. Bloomberg News | June 29, 2020 | 11:54 am
More copper workers are falling ill in the world’s top producer Of Codelco’s 71,000 total workforce, 1,951 have been diagnosed with covid-19. Bloomberg News | June 29, 2020 | 11:02 am