July 3, 2020

Chile copper production at risk as coronavirus bites

Measures such as trimming staff and tightening safety measures are now catching up with Chile's miners.

July 3, 2020

Cordoba closes Alacran acquisition, stock explodes

Company stock was up nearly 29% on the TSXV midday Friday.

July 3, 2020

Camino completes option agreement on Los Chapitos

Camino has legal title to 39 claims totaling 22,500 hectares covering its copper discovery in Peru.

July 2, 2020

Chile keeps output steady in May even as coronavirus explodes

Production at Codelco rose 3% year-on-year to 144,200 tonnes.

July 2, 2020

Commodity freighters are shrugging off covid-19 for now

The cost of moving coal and iron ore across the world’s oceans is surging as China lifts cargo purchases.

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.