South Africa orders mines to close in 21-day virus lockdown
South Africa’s army will help the police to enforce the lockdown that will start midnight Thursday.
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The Rhino 100 raise borer arrives
Mounted on rubber tires, the Rhino 100 can travel under its own power, requires just one operator, and can begin boring within 45 minutes of arrival on site.
Congo’s key copper, cobalt provinces in two-day lockdown
The measure is expected to weigh heavily on copper output.
Pan American pauses Argentina operations
The company is also suspending supply deliveries and personnel transport at its San Vicente operations in Bolivia.
Codelco says copper price fall puts projects “at risk”
Last week Codelco said it would slow production to a level of "operational continuity" for a period of 15 days.
Bacanora’s Sonora project delayed to Q3
The Ganfeng test plant and project team have resumed work on project engineering.
Egyptian billionaire Sawiris boosts exposure to gold
Egypt last month announced a new exploration tender for gold-mining.
CHART: 40-year cost curve shows copper price rout likely over
New report shows of all commodities, the 90th percentile of the cost curve has worked as a support level best in copper.
Germany wants to mass produce large-format lithium-ion cells
The ZellkoBatt project was created to build bridges between battery working prototypes and industrial mass manufacturing in domestic factories.
