Freeport’s El Abra copper mine in Chile said on Monday it would scale back copper processing by 40% and lay off workers as global prices for the red metal plunge amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The company said the plummeting copper price had put it in…
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Freeport’s El Abra copper mine in Chile said on Monday it would scale back copper processing by 40% and lay off workers as global prices for the red metal plunge amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The company said the plummeting copper price had put it in…
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Poland’s biggest coal group, state-run PGG, has temporarily closed two of its mines due to the spread of the new coronavirus among the miners, it said on Monday.
Poland, which generates most of its electricity from coal, has confirmed 11 761 coronavi…
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China’s Zijin Mining on Monday revised down its gold production target for 2020 after Papua New Guinea (PNG) refused to extend the mining lease at the Porgera mine it operates with Barrick Gold.
Zijin, which produced 40.8 t of mined gold in 2019, was …
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Mexican mining and transport firm Grupo Mexico registered a net loss of $369.2-million during the first quarter of this year in a sharp reversal from the year-ago period, the company said in a filing with the Mexican stock exchange on Friday.
Grupo M…
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MMG Ltd said on Thursday its copper output fell 20% year-on-year in the first quarter because of lower-than-planned production at the Las Bambas mine in Peru, where the miner has declared force majeure because of coronavirus-related curbs.
Las Bambas …
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Chilean miner SQM said on Thursday the coronavirus outbreak had yet to hit its lithium output, but warned it might have to scale back plans for 2020 if a slump continues in demand for the coveted battery metal.
The world´s No. 2 miner of lithium had p…
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Papua New Guinea has refused an application to extend mining at Barrick Gold’s Porgera gold mine, Prime Minister James Marape said on Friday.
The decision, which would have extended by 20 years Barrick’s rights, was based on the recommendation of the …
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Papua New Guinea has refused an application to extend mining at Barrick Gold’s Porgera gold mine, Prime Minister James Marape said on Friday.
The decision, which would have extended by 20 years Barrick’s rights, was based on the recommendation of the …
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Americans and Russians have grown more dissatisfied with the way their governments address environmental issues in recent years, according to research released on Wednesday of the world’s biggest carbon dioxide emitters.
Residents of China and Saudi A…
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