April 13, 2020 Sibanye-Stillwater says it can resume limited mining in South Africa The company said the South African government had given it approval for limited mining and processing from April 14.
April 13, 2020 Home: A brief history of China’s metals stockpiling programmes When the going gets tough in industrial metal markets, the Chinese get stockpiling.
April 13, 2020 China’s ‘green zone’ coal price tested as virus fight continues China’s coal prices have sunk to levels that threaten state intervention.
April 13, 2020 Vale to prepay $179 million to suppliers Company will pay 3,000 small suppliers by the end of April, in a move to help ease the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
April 13, 2020 Shanghai copper hits near 4-week high on supply woes The most-traded copper contract on the ShFE climbed as much as 1.9% to 41,980 yuan a tonne, its highest since March 17.
April 12, 2020 French industry can return to work safely, metals lobby says ahead of Macron speech The industry is in "an extremely worrying situation" after 24 days of lockdown, Philippe Darmayan, president of the union of metals industry and businesses, said.
April 12, 2020 Glencore copper mine in Congo sends 350 contractors home Glencore's Katanga Mining sent 350 workers to be repatriated after the miner delayed the commissioning of an acid plant.
April 12, 2020 Codelco says it may have to slow investment plan Codelco's president, Octavio Araneda, said the company is going to have to consider deferring some investments.
April 10, 2020 Russian central bank turns attention to banks hit by slower gold exports Gold exports from the world's third-largest producer have been hit by the grounding of passenger flights.
April 10, 2020 Armed group robs Mexican gold mine, flees in plane The robbery occurred at the Mulatos mine in Sonora state.
Copper price nears $13,000 on tariffs woes, supply strain Mine outages, tariff risks and tight supply push copper toward a milestone despite weakening Chinese demand. December 29, 2025 | 05:51 am
