March 24, 2020 First Quantum sees slower ramp-up at Panama mine after workers contract coronavirus Miner maintained its production guidance for the year but said it would temporarily cut pay for certain senior staff by 20%.
March 23, 2020 Pan American pauses Argentina operations The company is also suspending supply deliveries and personnel transport at its San Vicente operations in Bolivia.
March 23, 2020 Codelco says copper price fall puts projects “at risk” Last week Codelco said it would slow production to a level of "operational continuity" for a period of 15 days.
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.
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