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Antofagasta halts expansion at Los Pelambres
Chilean miner Antofagasta said on Monday it had suspended a $1.3 billion expansion project at its Los Pelambres operation in the home country for an estimated four months as the coronavirus pandemic has made it impossible to carry on with work. The company has also...
Yamana to restart Cerro Moro operations
Yamana Gold announced Monday that the company’s first quarter production was within guidance. As well, the Cerro Moro operation in Argentina will be resuming operations after a temporary shutdown due to the covid-19 pandemic. For the quarter, the miner reported gold...
Explosion at Colombian coal mine kills 11
Eleven people died and four were injured following an accidental explosion at a coal mine in Colombia’s central Cundinamarca department. The incident took place at the Veracruz coal mine, a legal operation located in the Cucunubá municipality. Even though both the...
COVID-19 kills worker at First Quantum’s Cobre Panamá mine
Panama’s Ministry of Health confirmed that one person died at the Cobre Panamá operation due to complications caused by the novel coronavirus infection. On Sunday, the government agency posted a tweet saying that following the identification of the first case of...