Peru miners under siege as coronavirus cases top 300,000
Mining companies must keep operations suspended and halt new ones as confirmed cases in the sector surge.
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Codelco to suspend El Teniente mine expansion, cites pandemic
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Congo mines minister to meet with firms on confinement moratorium
Civil society groups last month demanded an end to mandatory mine-site confinement policies put in place by copper and cobalt mining companies to avoid coronavirus outbreaks.
Oldest ocher mine on American continent discovered in Mexico
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Chaos in gold markets ripples to other precious metals
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