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.

May 15, 2020

Equinox achieves record quarterly production

The company produced nearly 89,000 oz of gold in the past quarter.

May 15, 2020

Tianqi Lithium talking to banks about easing loan terms

Around $1.9 billion of the $3.5 billion loan used to buy its stake in SQM is due November 2020.

May 15, 2020

SSR cashes in on SilverCrest stake

Shares of SSR Mining jumped to a 10-year high.