June 30, 2020

BHP overstayed in petroleum — time to exit

The world’s largest digger is among the last heavyweights to mix mines with a significant presence in oil.

June 29, 2020

White Gold starts drilling at Titan project, shares up

Company’s stock jumped nearly 12% on Monday.

June 29, 2020

More copper workers are falling ill in the world’s top producer

Of Codelco’s 71,000 total workforce, 1,951 have been diagnosed with covid-19.

June 29, 2020

Rio Tinto strikes power deal for Oyu Tolgoi

Agreement paves the way for Mongolia to build a power plant to supply the giant copper and gold mine.

June 29, 2020

BHP, China Baowu complete first iron ore transaction on blockchain platform

MInehub's application allows the parties in a mineral transaction to virtually integrate their trade operations processes.

June 26, 2020

Trevali halts Santander as 19 workers test positive for covid-19

No timeline for the restart of operations has been defined at this time.

June 26, 2020

Vale signs deal on covid-19 monitoring at Itabira

Vale reopened the mines after a coronavirus-induced lockdown on June 17.

June 26, 2020

Codelco shuts Chuquicamata smelter and refinery

Chuquicamata is the first major copper asset to close due to the sharp spike of coronavirus cases in Chile.

June 25, 2020

Virus-hit South African miners battle to return workers

Companies may take until August to get all their employees back at work.

June 25, 2020

Alrosa halts mine after several cases of covid-19

The company's International underground diamond mine will be closed for up to two weeks.