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Since mid-March, the response to the pandemic from governments has led to severe disruption to mining operations across a large number of countries. In all 32 countries have passed partial...
At the start of the year, 2020 looked to be promising for capital expenditure with the top 20 miners, for example, collectively expecting CapEx growth of 11%. However, COVID-19 has...
The 21-day lockdown that has commenced across South Africa’s mining sector will particularly impact the global supply of platinum and other PGMs. However, with declining demand from the autocatalyst and...
About 192,500 construction projects, including 11,000 key infrastructure projects, were underway across China before the onset of the coronavirus. These came to a standstill during the lunar holidays and lockdowns...
According to leading diamond producer Alrosa, 2020 started well for the diamond sector, citing improved customer sentiment across key markets for diamond jewellery, a recovery in prices for polished diamonds...
After increasing significantly for three consecutive years, global coal production is expected to grow only marginally in 2020, due to the disruptions caused by the outbreak of Covid-19. Disruption to...
Impact on aluminium price and inventories Aluminium prices have followed a similar trend to that of the other base metals with the spread of the coronavirus. Prices fell by 21.49%...
Chinese coal mining operations, which were impacted by the spread of coronavirus across the country, started to recover steadily post the lunar holidays. Chinese coal mining capacities, which were operating...
The spread of the Covid-19 accelerated the fall of the Baltic Dry Index (BDIY), which began in December 2019. The BDIY is a composite of the rates for Capesize, Panamax...
The 21-day lockdown that commenced today across the mining sector in South Africa will particularly impact the global supply of platinum and other PGMs. However, with declining demand from the...
