Volume 106 Number 9 April 27–May 10, 2020



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)…



Alamos Gold's Mulatos gold mine in Mexico's Sonora state in 2014. Credit: Alamos Gold.

Alamos Gold confirms robbery at Mulatos mine

Management at Alamos Gold’s (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) headquarters in Toronto have confirmed that the company’s wholly owned Mulatos gold mine in Mexico was robbed last week. A group of…


A diagram of Planetary Resources' Arkyd 101 space telescope, which the company says will be developed within two years. Photo by Planetary Resources

Russia slams Trump’s order to mine Moon, asteroids

Russia’s space agency Roscosmos has condemned U.S. President Donald Trump’s order that encourages citizens to mine the moon and other celestial bodies for commercial purposes. The government body likened the…




A uranium hexafluoride cylinder loaded for shipping at Cameco's conversion facility in Port Hope, Ontario. Credit: Cameco

Cameco halts conversion facility in Ontario

Canada’s Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ), the world’s largest publicly traded uranium miner, is placing its plant at the Port Hope conversion facility in Ontario in a temporary safe shutdown…



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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