April 8, 2020 Vale extends care and maintenance at Voisey’s Bay The company is halting activity for a period of up to three months.
April 8, 2020 In uncertain times, global metals exchange volumes surge LME's average daily activity jumped by 15% in March to 794,139 contracts, the highest monthly total since April 2018.
April 8, 2020 Sumitomo warns pandemic, oil price fall to hit profit The company suspended operation at its San Cristobal mine in Bolivia and its Ambatovy nickel mine in Madagascar.
April 8, 2020 Philippines’ top nickel miners halt operations Nickel Asia Corp and Global Ferronickel Holdings Inc, are suspending mining and export operations in a southern province to comply with coronavirus-containment measures.
April 7, 2020 Canada Nickel discovers palladium-platinum zone at Crawford Five holes intersected this zone, returning intercepts that include 7.5 metres of 1.7 g/t palladium and platinum.
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 6, 2020 Covid-19 cuts $280bn swathe through top 50 mining companies MINING.COM's ranking of the world's 50 largest mining companies based on market value shows a beleaguered industry at the end of the first quarter 2020.
April 6, 2020 Nickel Asia to resume ore shipment as local mining ban lifted Mining operations in Surigao del Norte had been suspended from April 1.
April 6, 2020 Macarthur Minerals gets government grant to drill at Lake Giles The Toowong-based company wants to explore the Moonshine North nickel prospect.
April 3, 2020 Nornickel may not sell all output if coronavirus crisis drags The spread of the coronavirus has halted production among many consumers of nickel and palladium, including makers of electric and other vehicles.
Disruption and dislocation: LME metals’ year in seven charts Supply disruption and tariff dislocation have defined the London Metal Exchange base metals complex this year. December 23, 2025 | 07:58 am
