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    Multi-metals producer Nexa Resources has suspended mining and limited smelting operations in Peru after the local government declared a state of emergency and closed its borders due to the coronavirus (2019-nCoV) pandemic, the company said on Thursday March 19.

    While risk-off dominates and even though governments are prepared to throw money at the financial system and into economies and households, the likelihood is that more factories will close, household spending will fall, as will demand for raw materials, but there may be some dead cat bounces along the way.

    Automobile manufacturers General Motors (GM) and Mercedes-Benz have enforced “collective holidays” at their Brazilian operations starting from March 30, in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak (2019-nCoV), the companies said on Wednesday March 18.

    Base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were down across the board at the close of morning trading on Thursday March 19 amid continued broad-based risk aversion, with tin leading the complex lower with a drop of 7.8%.

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