June 15, 2020 Chilean miners labour group alleges ‘alarming’ rise in coronavirus cases Large copper miners including Codelco, BHP and Antofagasta have maintained production levels, while covid-19 cases among workers rises.
June 12, 2020 Top miners in good position to weather covid-19 – report PwC forecasts that miners will take a hit to EBITDA of approximately 6% in 2020.
June 12, 2020 Congo miners may breach rights with virus controls Most of Congo’s mines have continued to operate amid the pandemic.
June 12, 2020 Evrim and Renaissance join in ‘merger of equals’ The new company will have a royalty portfolio that includes a 2% net smelter return royalty on First Majestic’s Ermitano West gold deposit in Sonora.
June 12, 2020 ABB, Zijin join forces at Serbia copper mine The Swiss-Swedish multinational corporation will assist the Chinese giant in a €200-million modernization project of the Veliki Krivelj copper mine.
June 10, 2020 Workers at Codelco threaten work halt to quarantine against coronavirus The Federation of Copper Workers (FTC) said there had been "alarming" numbers of infections at several of the country's mines.
June 10, 2020 Zambia tackles undervaluation of mineral exports Government will collect samples from mine sites to prevent companies seeking to undervalue production to pay less tax.
June 10, 2020 Mining billionaires who made their fortunes the fastest The richest in the sector took 16 years on average to make a billion dollars.
June 10, 2020 Obrador urges Canadian mining firms to pay taxes Nearly 70% of foreign-owned mining companies operating in Mexico are based in Canada.
June 10, 2020 New king of copper trading sees demand coming back stronger Trafigura estimates that the virus has reduced mine supply by 400,000 tonnes.
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