April 8, 2020 Rio goes ahead with dividend amid coronavirus uncertainty Chairman Simon Thompson said the company had decided to go ahead with paying the dividend due on April 16.
April 8, 2020 Cornish hits new, high-grade copper mineralization The miner hit the jackpot at the United Downs project in Cornwall.
April 7, 2020 Glencore to shut Zambia copper mines The company is said to have declared force majeure at its Mopani Copper Mines.
April 7, 2020 First Quantum halts Cobre Panama over covid-19 death It was reported that several workers at the site had contracted the virus.
April 7, 2020 DeepGreen to make run for battery metals from seafloor Unlike other seafloor miners, the company doesn’t want to drill, blast or dig the bottom of the ocean.
April 7, 2020 The state of Chinese commodities shows recovery taking hold From oil to copper to coal, China’s gigantic commodities industry is signaling that the first economy to be flattened by the coronavirus is getting closer to a return to normality.
April 7, 2020 Copper belt miners turn to Tanzania as South Africa lockdown hobbles ports South Africa’s strict coronavirus lockdown has caused miners to divert copper from the country’s ports to Tanzania’s Dar es Salaam port.
April 7, 2020 Coronavirus boosts Anglo Pacific’s role as financier to miners Geographically, the company is looking for projects in South America, Australia and Europe.
April 7, 2020 Freeport confirms New Mexico workers have coronavirus Operations at the mine have not been affected.
April 7, 2020 SolGold’s Ecuador copper project gets bigger A third resource update for Alpala has added 1.6m tonnes of copper, 2.5m ounces of gold and 92m ounces silver to the deposit.
Lithium swings from glut to scarcity on Asia demand, Traxys says Lithium is emerging from a period of oversupply after record-high prices spurred supply growth at a time of disappointing demand. January 16, 2026 | 01:05 pm
