Argentina’s fledgling lithium sector clipped by coronavirus The pandemic has already stymied a US push to develop lithium, while miners have warned the virus could hit to sales and prices further this year. Reuters | April 16, 2020 | 8:22 am
South Africa mines to resume work at 50% capacity Government is taking its first steps to ease a nationwide coronavirus lockdown. Bloomberg News | April 16, 2020 | 8:00 am
Newmont says gold could top $2,000 on stimulus Newmont CEO says gold is likely to trade in a range between $1,500 to $1,750 over the next 2-5 years. Bloomberg News | April 16, 2020 | 7:56 am
Dominion’s $7.8bn wind pilot project underway The state of Virginia recently signed into law the Virginia Clean Economy Act. MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 16, 2020 | 6:30 am
CanAlaska reports first results from Saskatchewan drill program The Vancouver-based miner was able to complete four drill holes of the six planned for its winter campaign. MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 16, 2020 | 6:15 am
Barrick maintains 2020 guidance despite output drop It expects first-quarter gold production to fall by 8.5% due to global efforts to stop the spread of covid-19. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 16, 2020 | 5:36 am
Thor to build Nigeria’s first large-scale gold mine The decision comes as the Canada-listed junior miner secured funding for its Segilola gold project. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 16, 2020 | 3:54 am
Zambia plans to revoke Glencore’s Mopani licenses Mopani's chief executive Nathan Bullock detained at Lusaka airport. Reuters | April 15, 2020 | 5:25 pm
Wind River and TAGE team to advance autonomous mining TAGE has developed an autonomous haulage system solution based on an edge to cloud architecture, including an intelligent cloud platform. MINING.com Editor | April 15, 2020 | 3:52 pm