April 1, 2020 OceanaGold’s South Carolina mine stays open The Haile mine is considered the largest gold mining operation on the Atlantic coast.
April 1, 2020 Waste molybdenum ore spill in China spreads 110 km downstream There were no casualties reported.
April 1, 2020 Freeport Indonesia obtains new copper export permit The permit is from March 16 this year and will last until March 15, 2021.
April 1, 2020 Covid-19 robs diamond sector of recovery hopes The coronavirus pandemic has squashed diamond miners’ dawning hopes of a recovery in the beleaguered sector.
April 1, 2020 Bluestone develops Guatemala gold project The Canadian miner is focusing on project readiness activities and optimization efforts.
April 1, 2020 Glencore’s chrome joint venture in South Africa with Merafe declares force majeure South Africa, which has called a three-week lockdown to slow the spread of coronavirus, is the world's biggest producer of chrome.
March 31, 2020 South Africa lockdown squeezes global chrome supply The country is the world's biggest producer of chrome ore and last year provided 83% of China’s total chrome imports.
March 31, 2020 Newcrest earns 40% interest in Havieron Australia's largest gold producer has now reached its Stage 2 farm-in milestone at the project.
March 31, 2020 Ero Copper’s Brazil operations not impacted The company is maintaining its full-year production, capital and operating cost guidance for 2020.
March 31, 2020 Polymetal signs offtake deal with Blackham The companies have formed an alliance, with the aim of reducing the global environmental footprint of concentrate processing.
Vale Indonesia says 2026 mining quota won’t be enough to meet demand from new smelters Vale and partners are currently constructing three high-pressure acid leaching plants to extract nickel materials. January 19, 2026 | 07:12 am
