Barrick puts emergency covid-19 response plans in place

Local press is reporting the miner has already abandoned the operation, which was in its last year of active mine life.

In the official opening the firm said it expected to start shipping from Sierra Gorda in November

The company was granted final permits for its long-delayed and three times more expensive than originally expected Minas Rio iron ore project.

It would also create a a 15-kilometre long ‘‘super pit’’ from the union of Rio’s Mount Thorley Warkworth and Glencore’s Bulga open-pit mines.

The ruling, which affects 11 gold mining companies, is the first of its kind in the South American nation.

The world's largest dry bulk cargo ships capable of carrying 400,000 tonnes, more than twice the size of competitors' fleets.

Brazilian giant's Valemax vessels capable of carrying double the ore of competitors' fleets changes the China export game.

Industry body sees demand rising as economic growth lifts consumers’ incomes.

The massive figure includes a recently announced $23.5 billion for state-owned copper miner Codelco to revamp century-old mines that are running out of profitable ore.