April 6, 2020

Canned food sprees won’t save aluminum

Demand has slowed for a decade, and a surplus was expected this year even before the current crisis.

April 5, 2020

Congo’s Chemaf mothballs copper-cobalt processing plant over coronavirus

The facilities are the latest mining operations to be affected by travel restrictions and border closures caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

April 3, 2020

Ivanhoe moves hundreds to mine site

Strict quarantine and lockdown measures have been implemented at Kamoa-Kakula.

April 2, 2020

RCT automates fleet in Burkina Faso

Company has executed a project with African Underground Mining Services at the Siou underground gold mine.

April 2, 2020

ARM says JV gets green light to load iron ore amid lockdown

Assmang, a 50-50 venture with Assore, had received authorization from the mines ministry to operate its load-out stations at the Khumani and Beeshoek mines.

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.