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BHP’s Cerro Colorado to scale down operations
Global miner BHP said on Wednesday it would begin to ramp down activity at its small Cerro Colorado copper mine in Chile amid the coronavirus pandemic which has thrown metals markets into disarray. Cerro Colorado produced 71,700 tonnes of copper in 2019, or...
Peru mining activity falls in May for third straight month
Activity in Peru’s mining and hydrocarbons sector plummeted 45.79% in May from a year earlier, the third straight monthly drop, the government said on Wednesday, due to a lockdown to fight the covid-19 pandemic. Peru, the world’s second largest copper producer, began...
GR Engineering wins further Saracen contract work
Saracen Mineral Holdings has contracted GR Engineering Services to complete additional works at the Thunderbox and Carosue Dam gold projects in Western Australia, worth a combined $29 million. The new projects include an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC)...
Sabina secures final approval for Back River
Sabina Gold & Silver announced Tuesday that the company has received final authorization for its first mine at the Back River gold project in Nunavut. Sabina recently received final operational approval for the placement of the tailings into the project’s proposed...