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Chile’s Mining Minister promotes use of copper to fight covid-19
Chile’s Mining Minister Baldo Prokurica ordered that the building that houses his office be disinfected using quaternary ammonium enhanced with copper nanoparticles. This, in an effort to avoid the spread of covid-19. Both on his Twitter channel and on local TV,...
Peru mines to hit 80% production in a month
Peruvian miners are set to restart operations in coming days and ramp up to around 80% of normal production levels within a month, a senior official at the country’s mining industry group told Reuters, as the world’s No. 2 copper producing country looks to rebound...
Silvercorp annual production beats guidance
Silvercorp Metals has achieved its fiscal 2020 production guidance for all metals at all operations, the company announced Thursday. After an extended shutdown of activities at its operations in China due to covid-19, the company was able to ramp up to full capacity...
Chile’s top miners boost production in March
Chile’s top copper mines ramped up production in March even as the coronavirus outbreak took hold, according to data released on Thursday by state copper agency Cochilco, boosted by a sharp spike in output from state miner Codelco. Production at Codelco – the world’s...