April 1, 2020 Teck suspends 2020 forecasts, cuts coal output Company expects steelmaking coal production to drop to about 80-85% of normal levels in an initial two-week slowdown due to the coronavirus outbreak.
April 1, 2020 Vale ponders short-term options to raise Brucutu mine output Operations at Brucutu, with an annual capacity of 30 million tonnes, have been halted at various times over the past year.
April 1, 2020 Antofagasta says renewable energy to power Centinela mine from 2022 Mine to be powered by renewable sources under an agreement with Engie Energía Chile.
April 1, 2020 Freeport Indonesia obtains new copper export permit The permit is from March 16 this year and will last until March 15, 2021.
April 1, 2020 Glencore’s chrome joint venture in South Africa with Merafe declares force majeure South Africa, which has called a three-week lockdown to slow the spread of coronavirus, is the world's biggest producer of chrome.
March 31, 2020 South Africa lockdown squeezes global chrome supply The country is the world's biggest producer of chrome ore and last year provided 83% of China’s total chrome imports.
March 31, 2020 South32 files request for arbitration in Colombia royalty dispute There is a dispute over royalty payments from its majority-owned Cerro Matoso ferronickel mine.
March 31, 2020 Coronavirus pushes London banks to consider additional gold storage sites The five banks that clear gold trades are considering expanding their network of storage locations to other countries if it becomes impossible to fly enough gold in and out of…
March 31, 2020 Chile copper production increased 8.3% y/y in February Production reached 451,580 tonnes before the impact of the new coronavirus.
March 31, 2020 Lead’s viral resistance carries a lesson for other metals Lead, trading in London at $1,725 per tonne, is down by just 10.1% so far this year.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
