March 23, 2020 Bacanora’s Sonora project delayed to Q3 The Ganfeng test plant and project team have resumed work on project engineering.
March 23, 2020 CHART: 40-year cost curve shows copper price rout likely over New report shows of all commodities, the 90th percentile of the cost curve has worked as a support level best in copper.
March 23, 2020 Orocobre suspends operations in Argentina The company says it currently has sufficient stock to meet customer orders until the end of April.
March 23, 2020 Newmont lowers 2020 guidance after halting four mines Temporarily placing operations into care and maintenance over Covid- 19 concerns could see some production deferred into 2021.
March 22, 2020 Ecuador’s largest gold and copper mines scale back as coronavirus cases rapidly grow Projects in the advanced exploration phase will continue to operate.
March 22, 2020 BHP to exclude contractors at Chile copper mines for 15 days BHP operates the Escondida and Pampa Norte mines in Chile, which on Saturday confirmed its first coronavirus death.
March 22, 2020 Companies operating in Peru evacuate personnel from mine sites The South American country is under a 15-day mandatory quarantine and an evening curfew due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 20, 2020 Global copper production disruptions Producers have halted or cut back operations and slowed construction.
March 20, 2020 Yamana orders partial demobilization of workforce at Cerro Moro The Argentina mine will operate during this period largely from its open-pit operations and from stockpiled material.
March 20, 2020 Lithium Americas halts Argentina construction Cauchari-Olaroz will be placed on care and maintenance; no employees are currently infected with Covid-19.
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