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.

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.