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Antamina mine halts operations
Peru’s Antamina said on Monday that it would halt all operations for at least two weeks to mitigate the spread of covid-19. The Antamina mine had previously been doing essential work in production and maintenance since Peru, the world’s no. 2 copper producer, imposed...
MMG withdraws Las Bambas copper guidance
Australia-based MMG has withdrawn its 2020 production forecast for Las Bambas, one of Peru’s largest copper mines, after the South American country extended a state of emergency last week to slow the spread of coronavirus. The company, majority-owned by state-run...
Freeport keeps Peru mine running, shuts New Mexico
Copper giant Freeport-McMoRan said on Monday that its Cerro Verde mine in Peru was operating, though limited by the government’s extension of a state of emergency to slow the spread of coronavirus. The world’s largest publicly traded copper producer had temporarily...
Cornish hits new, high-grade copper mineralization
Cornish Lithium, a start-up hoping to lead the development of a battery metals industry in the UK, has hit the jackpot with the discovery of a new zone of high-grade copper-tin mineralization at Strongbow Exploration’s United Downs project, in Cornwall. The finding...