May 18, 2020 Ecuador restarts mines after quarantine; neighbors protest Lundin Gold, which operates Fruta del Norte, said it was restarting mineral transport under international security protocols for workers and nearby communities.
May 18, 2020 Sweden reports its biggest ever quake caused by mining in Arctic Kiruna, the world's biggest underground iron ore mine, has been closed until further notice.
May 18, 2020 Sierra Leone detains five expatriate managers at iron ore mine The arrests come amid the SL Mining’s legal battle with the government.
May 18, 2020 Hochschild to restart operations at Peru mines The company recently restarted operations at its San Jose mine in Argentina.
May 18, 2020 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.
May 18, 2020 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.
May 17, 2020 Mexico’s Adularia refutes allegations of water pollution in Guanajuato Exploration company says Los Mineros union accusations are false and the project has been cleared by three federal environment agencies.
May 17, 2020 Ecuador to resume mining activities Smaller mines in the south of the country have already started moving ore and concentrate to port.
May 17, 2020 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.
May 17, 2020 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.
BHP puts Anglo in ‘rearview mirror’ as CEO eyes Canada copper “I’m hopeful that in five years time, 10 years time, there’ll be further investments that we can make into Canadian resources,” Mike Henry said. December 19, 2025 | 12:32 pm
