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.
May 17, 2020 China’s Chifeng Jilong restarts gold production at Laos mine after 6 yrs The restart of gold production at the mine comes after gold prices hit a seven-year high last month.
May 15, 2020 Novo restarts exploration at Egina, shares up The company has identified another gold-bearing channel in an area southwest of the Paradise prospect.
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