May 11, 2020 Vale’s covid-19 challenge winners Nearly 1,800 solutions were submitted globally and over 300 came from Canada.
May 11, 2020 Gran Colombia proposes merger with Gold X, Guyana Goldfields This combined entity would continue as Gran Colombia.
May 11, 2020 Chile mining trade group sees copper supply glut of 200,000 tonnes in 2020 The association anticipates demand to decrease by 3.5-4% and supply to fall by 3%.
May 11, 2020 Metals markets to move into surplus — report Fitch has revised down 2020 copper consumption growth forecasts for China and the US.
May 11, 2020 Fortuna raises $60m to complete Lindero project construction The Lindero gold project was 94% complete as of March 19, when Argentina's social isolation mandate kicked in.
May 11, 2020 Aurania finds road that may have connected ancient mining towns in Ecuador Using LiDAR, the field team identified what could be an ancient road at its Lost Cities - Cutucu project.
May 11, 2020 SolGold scores $150m in funding from Franco Nevada The Ecuador-focused copper and gold miner will use the funding to speed up a feasibility study of its Alpala project.
May 11, 2020 Demand for battery metals to jump 500% by 2050 The World Bank estimates that over 3 billion tonnes of minerals and metals will be needed to meet the growing demand for clean energy technologies.
May 10, 2020 Chile’s Mining Minister promotes use of copper to fight covid-19 The Minister ordered for his office to be sprayed with a product containing copper nanoparticles, which prevents certain surfaces from becoming hosts for pathogens.
May 8, 2020 Vale sees a ‘very vigorous’ economic recovery in China Industrial activities in China are practically at their normal levels, says CFO.
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