April 29, 2020 Los Andes gets drill approval for Vizcachitas Vizcachitas is one of the largest copper deposits in the Americas not controlled by big companies.
April 29, 2020 Condor Gold lands enviro permit for Mestiza pit Mestiza is one of two feeder pits to La India gold project. Once both in operation, the main deposit’s gold production will jump by 50% to 120,000 ounces a year.
April 28, 2020 Silver miners hit hardest by lockdowns — report Nearly two-thirds of global silver production is still on hold.
April 28, 2020 Luminex hits high grades with Camp step-out hole Drill in Ecuador hole returned 21 metres of 4.26 g/t gold and 26.3 g/t silver starting at 617 metres downhole.
April 28, 2020 First Quantum revises guidance for 2020 The company has reduced its copper guidance for the year by 75,000 tonnes to 755,000-805,000.
April 28, 2020 World’s mine workers resist quick restart amid coronavirus Unions in both South Africa and Peru are openly encouraging members not to return to mines.
April 27, 2020 Extended lockdowns to hit copper production Antamina reported 210 positive cases of covid-19 in Peru and said the date to restart operations is still uncertain.
April 27, 2020 Freeport’s El Abra mine in Chile to scale back processing Company said it would scale back copper processing by 40%.
April 27, 2020 MAG Silver stock skyrockets on Sprott investment Shares exploded to a six-month high on the $42 million private placement.
April 27, 2020 Lockdowns and low prices generate nickel supply shock Nickel recovered from a four-year low of $10,865 a tonne in March to a current $12,820.
Rising copper prices help Freeport-McMoRan offset Grasberg production dip Average copper prices rose in the fourth quarter and hit all-time highs late in December. January 22, 2026 | 10:08 am
