Covid-19

Editorial: The good, the bad and the absurd

First the good news: Quebec’s decision last week to add mining to the list of priority activities and services permitted during the pandemic elicited quiet cheers from investors and lifted…


South America divided on coronavirus measures

South American countries have taken varying approaches to containing the spread of COVID-19, ranging from leaving it to states and cities to handle the virus to implementing aggressive lockdowns and…




Visitors on the pit floor at Agnico Eagle Mines and Yamana Gold's Canadian Malartic gold mine in Malartic, Quebec. Photo by John Cumming.

Quebec mines deemed an essential service

With Quebec Premier François Legault’s announcement on Monday declaring mining operations in the province an essential service, mines will be allowed to start back up on April 15, with additional…


Hochschild Mining withdraws dividend

Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOC) has become the third major mining company to suspend its dividend due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Peru-focused gold mining company’s announcement follows Glencore’s (LSE: GLEN)…







Workers in the flotation cell facility at Katanga Mining’s Katanga copper-cobalt project (majority-owned by Glencore) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, before processing was suspended in 2015. Credit: Katanga Mining.

Glencore defers decision on dividend

Glencore (LON: GLEN) is postponing a decision on whether to proceed with a cash dividend of 20¢ per share totalling US$2.6 billion in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “When…


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