Brazil’s Vale has announced that it will ramp down its Voisey’s Bay mining operation, in Canada, and place it on care and maintenance for four weeks in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. Although none of Vale’s employees has tested positive at any of i…
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As a new chapter arrived for the Woodsmith polyhalite project, with diversified miner Anglo American on Tuesday officially taking control, Sirius Minerals chairperson Russell Scrimshaw has expressed his hopes for the project and apologised to sharehold…
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Diversified major Anglo American has withdrawn the majority of employees and contractors from its $5.3-billion Quellaveco copper project, in Peru, to comply with a 15-day national quarantine announced to curb the spread of the pandemic. The 10 000-stro…
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The Veladero gold mine, in Argentina, has been revitalised, following a review of its strategy and business plan, with its life extended by at least ten years.
During the review, gold major Barrick reinterpreted the mine’s geology and continued with a…
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As the number of global cases of the novel coronavirus, Covid-19, continues to increase, mining companies are implementing procedures to safeguard personnel and communities, with project delays and mining camp shutdowns having been announced.
Several …
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Work on the Oyu Tolgoi underground project, in Mongolia, has been slowed as a result of measures put in place by Mongolia to contain the spread of Covid-19, diversified mining major Rio Tinto said on Monday.
Mongolia has restricted the movement of goo…
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Toronto-headquartered Lundin Mining has suspended construction and commissioning activities at the Zinc Expansion Project (ZEP) at the Neves-Corvo operation, in Portugal, to reduce the risk of its workforce and the local community contracting the novel…
Toronto-headquartered Lundin Mining has suspended construction and commissioning activities at the Zinc Expansion Project (ZEP) at the Neves-Corvo operation, in Portugal, to reduce the risk of its workforce and the local community contracting the novel…
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Gold mining company Iamgold has closed its Toronto office, following the positive Covid-19 test results for one of its employees, who is in self-quarantine at home.
The Iamgold employee who tested positive for the novel coronavirus was last in the Tor…
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The construction schedule of the Cauchari-Olaroz lithium project, in Argentina, will be reassessed to account for delays in the delivery of equipment for the chemical plant, Vancouver-based Lithium Americas reported on Friday.
The company said that se…
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