April 28, 2020 S. Africa mining firms work together against covid-19 as mines reopen companies are setting up shared quarantine facilities for miners testing positive for covid-19 and are discussing other ways to cooperate.
April 28, 2020 BHP looks to expand iron ore exports from Port Hedland BHP's iron ore exports last financial year totalled 238 million tonnes, around 85% of capacity.
April 28, 2020 Tianqi Lithium doubles annual loss guidance Tianqi's shares slumped as much as 10% on Tuesday, the lowest since November 2015.
April 28, 2020 Papua New Guinea hits back at Barrick for halting Porgera Barrick's local unit suspended operations at the gold mine on Saturday.
April 27, 2020 Extended lockdowns to hit copper production Antamina reported 210 positive cases of covid-19 in Peru and said the date to restart operations is still uncertain.
April 27, 2020 Freeport’s El Abra mine in Chile to scale back processing Company said it would scale back copper processing by 40%.
April 27, 2020 Rio signs $51 million earn-in on Zambia copper deposits Rio can earn up to a 75% interest in the Solwezi licences, located next to First Quantum's Kansanshi mine.
April 27, 2020 Lockdowns and low prices generate nickel supply shock Nickel recovered from a four-year low of $10,865 a tonne in March to a current $12,820.
April 27, 2020 Zijin axes expected gold output after losing PNG mine It plans to speed up the construction of the Longnan Zijin project in China and look into acquisitions to offset the loss of Porgera.
April 27, 2020 De Beers boosts output by 5.8% in Namibia Namdeb, a joint venture between the Namibian government and De Beers, produced 511,000 carats in the first quarter.
Iron ore logs annual gain in a dramatic recovery fuelled by steel exports Prices of the key steelmaking ingredient had come under pressure earlier this year on expectations of a supply glut and forecasts of faltering demand in China. December 31, 2025 | 09:27 am