March 20, 2020 Glencore’s Mopani Copper Mines reviews operations due to coronavirus Any discretionary activity planned for 2020 and not yet commenced will be suspended or deferred.
March 19, 2020 Agnico Eagle sends Nunavut workers home At the present time there are no confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Nunavut.
March 19, 2020 Copper price surges over 10% after touching 2009 lows Copper dropped overnight to below $2 a pound only to rally 11.6% in New York trade Thursday.
March 19, 2020 Expect more global mining disruptions – report Fitch says it’s also unclear if producers will be able to make up lost output.
March 19, 2020 Eskom talks to get coal for Kusile plant drag on for 13 years South Africa’s state-owned utility has yet to agree a supply contract for its newest power station, more than a decade after approving a plan to negotiate with Anglo American.
March 19, 2020 BHP says no hit to operations so far from coronavirus The company has banned international business travel for all its employees.
March 19, 2020 Codelco says sales, shipments of copper not yet hit by coronavirus The company has already announced a plan to scale down operations to contain the spread of the virus.
March 19, 2020 Anglo American reduces operations at Los Bronces The miner said it expected only minimal impact on output because it planned to continue processing stockpiled copper.
March 18, 2020 Rio halts Kennecott operations after earthquake Damage was limited at the 100-year-old open-pit mine and no-one was hurt.
March 18, 2020 From using drones to stockpiling cyanide, miners keep digging amid pandemic The outbreak has begun to surface across the mining industry.
Ma’aden selects Metso to deliver a gold processing plant to Ar Rjum mine The order includes process electrification, field instrumentation and automation. January 15, 2026 | 03:25 pm
