Coronavirus bails out coal, oil patch Hundreds of millions of dollars are likely to end up in the pockets of oil and coal investors. Bloomberg Opinion | May 18, 2020 | 10:37 am
Sierra Leone detains five expatriate managers at iron ore mine The arrests come amid the SL Mining’s legal battle with the government. Bloomberg News | May 18, 2020 | 9:23 am
Gold price backs off from new 7-year high Gold fell from a fresh seven-year high on Monday as early results from a coronavirus vaccine trial showed promising results. Jackson Chen | May 18, 2020 | 9:10 am
Hochschild to restart operations at Peru mines The company recently restarted operations at its San Jose mine in Argentina. Reuters | May 18, 2020 | 8:02 am
Russian army sets up mobile hospital at Olimpiada mine Initial tests showed 866 positive cases among employees of the Polyus Krasnoyarsk unit as of Monday. Reuters | May 18, 2020 | 7:52 am
Freeport cuts workforce at Grasberg as coronavirus cases in area rise Company did not say how many workers at the mine, which normally employs about 25,000 people, would be kept on to run the operation. Reuters | May 18, 2020 | 6:28 am
Ecuador to resume mining activities Smaller mines in the south of the country have already started moving ore and concentrate to port. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 17, 2020 | 11:32 am
South Africa’s Impala closes platinum mine due to coronavirus cases Implats identified 19 positive cases of covid-19 during the week, all of them asymptomatic. Reuters | May 17, 2020 | 10:01 am
Mexican miner Peñoles to suspend zinc mine due to tough conditions, low prices Peñoles said in a statement that it has begun laying off unionized workers in the unit. Reuters | May 17, 2020 | 9:47 am