Insights
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18 May 2020
Covid-19: How are top mining companies keeping workers safe?
Many countries have implemented partial or total lockdown orders to help control the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, leading to the suspension of activities at mines worldwide. At the...
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1 May 2020
Covid-19 pandemic hits global mining investment
GlobalData reports an 11% drop in cross-border mining deals in Q1 as leading players slash capital expenditure and put projects on hold in the wake of coronavirus.
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27 April 2020
FDI in a pandemic: How low will the inflows go?
The coronavirus crisis will undoubtedly have a major effect on foreign direct investment (FDI), but which sectors and regions are likely to bear the brunt?
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24 April 2020
Where is Covid-19 increasing the threat of illegal mining?
As mines worldwide temporarily close to suppress the spread of Covid-19, and the ongoing pandemic wreaks havoc on metal prices, the risk of illegal mining to mine operations and communities...
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22 April 2020
Lions Bay Mining moves to acquire Covid-19 vaccine company
Canadian miner Lions Bay Mining has announced it has entered into a non-binding letter of intent to acquire BioVaxys, a private company working on a Covid-19 vaccine. The proposed transaction...
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8 April 2020
How are mining companies helping tackle coronavirus?
It’s been four weeks since the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO). To date, the virus has been detected in 209 countries and...
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27 March 2020
Covid-19: Which mining economies will suffer most from the pandemic?
As the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic shows no sign of slowing down, Mining Technology looks at some of the mining economies that will suffer from major virus outbreaks domestically, and the...
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19 March 2020
Covid-19: Could the coronavirus pandemic accelerate autonomous mining?
Mining companies are seeing their operations disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, with mine projects either closing down or severely reducing staff presence as measures to slow the spread of the...
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17 March 2020
Covid-19: How the coronavirus pandemic is hurting the mining industry
The World Health Organisation has declared the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. With over 180,000 confirmed cases at the time of writing, even the most optimistic analysts fear we are...