July 2, 2020 A miraculous covid-19 recovery but Dr Copper needs more tests LME three-month copper ended the first half of the year at $6,015 per tonne, up a whopping 38% from March lows.
July 2, 2020 Codelco says more pandemic restrictions would be ‘catastrophic’ The miner giant had held output and shipments of copper steady despite the growing crisis.
July 1, 2020 BHP’s Cerro Colorado to scale down operations Cerro Colorado produced 71,700 tonnes of copper in 2019.
July 1, 2020 Peru mining activity falls in May for third straight month The national INEI statistics agency said May copper output fell by 42.2%, while gold was down 65.1%.
July 1, 2020 Vale to relocate 50 people near dams, expanding ‘safety zone’ The move was based on conservative studies and an "extreme" hypothesis of a dam burst.
July 1, 2020 Goal of tailings management should be zero harm – report 142 scientists, community groups and NGOs from 24 countries published a set of guidelines for the safer storage of mine waste.
June 30, 2020 SolGold goes after rival Cornerstone Capital Resources The $102m all-stock offer seeks to consolidate SolGold's ownership of Alpala, one of the world’s largest and highest-grade copper deposits.
June 29, 2020 Copper heads for best quarter since 2010 as supply worries mount There’s growing risk to mining in top producer Chile.
June 29, 2020 More copper workers are falling ill in the world’s top producer Of Codelco’s 71,000 total workforce, 1,951 have been diagnosed with covid-19.
June 29, 2020 Vale asks court to dismiss Steinmetz request for documents Vale says request is a “transparent publicity stunt” crafted to avoid paying a $2bn arbitration award.
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