Sibanye to provide processing facility to Amplats during force majeure The Marikana facility will process all PGMs produced from Amplats' Rustenburg and Platinum Mile operations. Reuters | March 17, 2020 | 9:35 am
World’s biggest precious metal industry readies for coronavirus Platinum and gold mines in South Africa are gearing up to try and minimize a local outbreak of the coronavirus. Bloomberg News | March 17, 2020 | 9:32 am
Antofagasta to review expenditure as 2019 profit rises Profit climbed 9.5% on higher sales and lower costs. Reuters | March 17, 2020 | 9:19 am
Anglo American slows Peru copper project due to quarantine Company to slow down Quellaveco project following a 15-day national quarantine. Reuters | March 17, 2020 | 9:15 am
Copper price sinks as China faces first GDP drop since 1976 Copper drops to lowest since 2016 after post-outbreak economic data show China industrial production, fixed asset investment shrink by most on record. Frik Els | March 17, 2020 | 9:00 am
Will aluminum heed the lesson from last demand shock? The global aluminum industry has a terrible record of responding to demand shocks. Reuters | March 17, 2020 | 9:00 am
LME to suspend ring trading next week LME to suspend open-outcry trading after Britain imposed restrictions to fight coronavirus. Reuters | March 17, 2020 | 8:40 am
Chile lithium miners say coronavirus impact on output minimal so far Miners ramped up sanitary precautions at Atacama salt flat mining operations to protect workers. Reuters | March 17, 2020 | 8:24 am
Vale cuts activity at Voisey Bay over coronavirus risks The plant at Voisey's Bay copper mine will be placed in "care and maintenance" for four weeks. Reuters | March 17, 2020 | 8:22 am