Australia-based miner MMG Ltd has declared force majeure on supplies from Las Bambas copper mine in Peru, two sources from smelters told Reuters on Thursday.
MMG, owned by China Minmetals, has given notice to customers on their force majeure due to th…
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Chile state copper miner Codelco, the world´s largest, said on Wednesday its production continued in line with its plans despite the measures it has implemented to stave off the spread of coronavirus at its operations.
The company told Reuters in an e…
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Global miner Rio Tinto will go ahead with its $3.7-billion dividend payment this month, its chairman told shareholders this week, as a weaker global economy forces some of its peers to forgo payouts.
The mining company held the London leg of its annua…
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Yichun Luming Mining, the owner of a tailings dam in northeast China that leaked last month, contaminating the local river system, has been ordered to suspend molybdenum production, according to a report on a provincial government website.
The emergen…
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The Philippines’ top nickel ore producers, Nickel Asia and Global Ferronickel Holdings, are suspending mining and export operations in a southern province to comply with coronavirus-containment measures.
The moves came just two days after announcing t…
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South Africa’s strict coronavirus lockdown has caused miners to divert copper from the country’s ports to others in Africa, with Dar es Salaam the clear winner, sources told Reuters. Authorities in South Africa initially said ports would only process e…
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South Africa’s strict coronavirus lockdown has caused miners to divert copper from the country’s ports to others in Africa, with Dar es Salaam the clear winner, sources told Reuters. Authorities in South Africa initially said ports would only process e…
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Zambia said on Tuesday that Glencore has declared "force majeure" and will shut its copper mines in the country, adding that the government would block the move which would result in 11 000 people losing their jobs.
Mines Minister Richard Musu…
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Three employees at a New Mexico mine owned by Freeport-McMoRan, the world’s largest publicly traded copper producer, have tested positive for Covid-19, the state’s lieutenant governor said on Monday.
It was not immediately clear if operations at the m…
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Australia’s Fortescue Metals Group said on Monday it had signed a deal with the local unit of Canadian utilities company ATCO Ltd to build and operate hydrogen refuelling facilities for vehicles in Western Australia.
To start with, the two firms will …
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