Tags - Coronavirus
The Dutch government will postpone the introduction of a court-mandated plan to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by the end of this year because of the coronavirus outbreak, economy minister Eric Wiebes said.
News ID: 8951    Publish Date : 2020/03/30

Iranian Industry, Mining and Trade Minister Reza Rahmani held a meeting with the producers of health and hygiene products, on Tuesday, to discuss the supply of such products amid the coronavirus outbreak.
News ID: 8919    Publish Date : 2020/02/25

Brazilian iron ore miner Vale SA said on Thursday it planned to install more than 80 thermal cameras in select locations around the country, enlisting digital age technology in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
News ID: 8907    Publish Date : 2020/03/26

Glencore PLC on Thursday halted a number of smaller mines due to government restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus but added its larger operations were not materially impacted.
News ID: 8906    Publish Date : 2020/03/26

Plummeting aluminium prices due to the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on demand are unlikely to persuade producers to immediately cut output as input costs have also fallen, leaving the market with massive surpluses.
News ID: 8898    Publish Date : 2020/03/27

Petra Diamonds (LON:PDL) has had to halt its production outlook for fiscal 2020 as it is closing its mines in South Africa for a mandatory 21-day lockdown aimed at tackling the worsening coronavirus pandemic.
News ID: 8897    Publish Date : 2020/03/28

Freeport-McMoRan Inc said on Thursday it was in talks with the Peruvian government to conduct limited operations at its giant Cerro Verde mine after the country extended a national emergency due to the coronavirus outbreak to April 12.
News ID: 8894    Publish Date : 2020/03/27

US domestic demand for thermal coal will fall in the near term as individual states shut down much of the industrial economy to try and stem the coronavirus pandemic, and as slowing economic activity cuts US electricity demand in the second quarter of 2020, Moody’s Investors Services said Thursday in a research note, adding that it expects an unprecedented shock to the global economy in the first half of 2020.
News ID: 8893    Publish Date : 2020/03/27

The collapse of the copper price and the containment measures taken for the coronavirus pandemic are posing a significant risk to global copper mine supply and project development, Nick Pickens, research director at Wood Mackenzie said in a note this week.
News ID: 8891    Publish Date : 2020/03/28

Namibia on Saturday ordered mining companies to cease operations for three weeks as the country entered its first day of a partial lockdown and stepped up measures to curb coronavirus infections which currently stand at eight people.
News ID: 8888    Publish Date : 2020/03/28

According to the latest customs data released, the nation’s finished steel exports reported declined by 27% in the first two months of CY20 to 7.8 MnT as compared to 10.698 MnT in Jan- Feb’19.
News ID: 8881    Publish Date : 2020/03/07

China is sharply restricting the number of international flights it will allow in and out of the country as the global spread of the coronavirus threatens to trigger a rebound in cases.
News ID: 8872    Publish Date : 2020/03/26

A portion of Iran’s frozen financial assets will likely be freed for the purchase of medicine and basic commodities, the governor of the Central Bank of Iran said.
News ID: 8870    Publish Date : 2020/03/25

Malaysia has extended a countrywide lockdown by two weeks to 14 April as the coronavirus continues to spread.
News ID: 8864    Publish Date : 2020/03/25

US congressional leaders have reached agreement on a major stimulus package designed to help the economy through the coronavirus outbreak.
News ID: 8863    Publish Date : 2020/03/25

Polymer trade in India are slowing to a stop after the government on 24 March announced a countrywide lockdown for 21 days to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
News ID: 8861    Publish Date : 2020/03/25

Malaysia today extended a countrywide lockdown by two weeks to 14 April to combat the spread of the coronavirus, a move expected to keep wood pellet factories closed for nearly a month.
News ID: 8859    Publish Date : 2020/03/25

Chinese producer Zhejiang Zhengkai's subsidiary Chongqing Wankai is starting up today its new 600,000 t/yr polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle chip plant.
News ID: 8858    Publish Date : 2020/03/25

Coal stocks at state-controlled producer Coal India (CIL) are expected to rise further amid a 21-day lockdown in the country to curb the coronavirus outbreak, which could weigh on the company's future production plans.
News ID: 8857    Publish Date : 2020/03/25

India's 21-day lockdown from today to combat its coronavirus outbreak has forced many of its iron ore exporters to declare force majeure, cutting supplies of lower cost iron ore fines just when Chinese steel mills were turning to them to preserve margins.
News ID: 8856    Publish Date : 2020/03/25