April 2, 2020 Centamin appoints new CEO Martin Horgan, co-founder of a gold company acquired by Resolute Mining last year, is taking the post.
April 1, 2020 Kinross Gold withdraws 2020 guidance The company says the pandemic has had no material impacts on its operations.
April 1, 2020 Covid-19 robs diamond sector of recovery hopes The coronavirus pandemic has squashed diamond miners’ dawning hopes of a recovery in the beleaguered sector.
April 1, 2020 Glencore’s chrome joint venture in South Africa with Merafe declares force majeure South Africa, which has called a three-week lockdown to slow the spread of coronavirus, is the world's biggest producer of chrome.
March 31, 2020 South Africa lockdown squeezes global chrome supply The country is the world's biggest producer of chrome ore and last year provided 83% of China’s total chrome imports.
March 31, 2020 Petra Diamonds founder steps down Adonis Pouroulis was the company’s founder and chairman for 23 years.
March 31, 2020 Glencore postpones dividend payment decision The miner is focusing on protecting and strengthening its capital structure during this period of heightened uncertainty due to covid-19.
March 31, 2020 Harmony Gold curbs output as it shuts nine mines It expects to only produce between 650kg to 700kg of gold in South Africa during the 21-day lockdown imposed by the government.
March 30, 2020 Vedanta to suspend operations at Namibian zinc unit Skorpion Zinc mine to be put on care and maintenance because of pit failures.
March 30, 2020 De Beers scraps diamond sales event The coronavirus lockdowns have made it impossible for buyers to attend.
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