Major miners braced to weather coronavirus, but cash-poor minnows in peril

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Major miners are better positioned to weather the coronavirus disruption compared with previous downturns, having drastically reined in debt-fuelled buying and operating costs amid investor scrutiny and pressure. But smaller players could find themselves adrift as capital dries up. The International Monetary Fund predicted the coronavirus pandemic could cause the steepest downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s. [chatnL1N2C81UH]An exception will be companies that..