Zinc supply cuts outstripped by demand destruction from coronavirus BMO estimates global zinc demand will fall by about 6% this year. Reuters | April 17, 2020 | 10:11 am
Congo enacts plan to blunt virus impact as cobalt exports slump Country will begin an information campaign for hundreds of thousands of hand-miners to offset the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Bloomberg News | April 17, 2020 | 8:47 am
Rockliff updates mineral resource at Tower project The company now reports 1.03Mt indicated @ 5.74% CuEq and 0.37Mt Inferred @ 4.29% CuEq. MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 17, 2020 | 6:30 am
Falcon acquires two gold projects in British Columbia The Vancouver-based miner purchased the Spitfire and Sunny Boy claims near Merritt. MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 17, 2020 | 6:15 am
Rio lowers copper target at Oyu Tolgoi The company won't meet its previous production guidance of 530,000-570,000 tonnes. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 17, 2020 | 3:18 am
Turquoise Hill gold production drops 78% Copper output at Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia mine slid 23% in first quarter amid covid-19 disruptions. Bruno Venditti | April 16, 2020 | 4:09 pm
INTERVIEW: VĂctor Gobitz, president Peruvian Institute of Mining Engineers The lockdown on March 15th caught the mining industry by surprise. Global Business Reports | April 16, 2020 | 11:30 am
Barrick maintains 2020 guidance despite output drop It expects first-quarter gold production to fall by 8.5% due to global efforts to stop the spread of covid-19. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 16, 2020 | 5:36 am
Zambia plans to revoke Glencore’s Mopani licenses Mopani's chief executive Nathan Bullock detained at Lusaka airport. Reuters | April 15, 2020 | 5:25 pm