World’s biggest precious metal industry readies for coronavirus

Platinum and gold mines in South Africa are gearing up to try and minimize a local outbreak of the coronavirus.

Bloomberg News | March 17, 2020 | 9:32 am

Antofagasta to review expenditure as 2019 profit rises

Profit climbed 9.5% on higher sales and lower costs.

Reuters | March 17, 2020 | 9:19 am

Anglo American slows Peru copper project due to quarantine

Company to slow down Quellaveco project following a 15-day national quarantine.

Reuters | March 17, 2020 | 9:15 am

Copper price sinks as China faces first GDP drop since 1976

Copper drops to lowest since 2016 after post-outbreak economic data show China industrial production, fixed asset investment shrink by most on record.

Frik Els | March 17, 2020 | 9:00 am

Will aluminum heed the lesson from last demand shock?

The global aluminum industry has a terrible record of responding to demand shocks.

Reuters | March 17, 2020 | 9:00 am

Chile lithium miners say coronavirus impact on output minimal so far

Miners ramped up sanitary precautions at Atacama salt flat mining operations to protect workers.

Reuters | March 17, 2020 | 8:24 am

Vale cuts activity at Voisey Bay over coronavirus risks

The plant at Voisey's Bay copper mine will be placed in "care and maintenance" for four weeks.

Reuters | March 17, 2020 | 8:22 am

Newmont scales down Peruvian gold mine due to coronavirus

Yanacocha represents about 3% of Newmont's 2020 attributable gold production outlook.

Reuters | March 17, 2020 | 8:19 am

Nordgold interested in Cardinal’s Ghana project

The Russian gold producer acquired a relevant interest in the Australian miner.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 17, 2020 | 6:15 am

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