Mponeng mine restarts slowly after covid-19 closure AngloGold aims to gradually ramp up to 50% capacity at the mine. Reuters | June 4, 2020 | 10:56 am
O3 Mining triples Quebec drill program, stock up Shares of O3 Mining were up 4% midday Thursday. Jackson Chen | June 4, 2020 | 10:51 am
SolGold launches $20m fundraising for Alpala exploration The Ecuador-focused miner seeks to raise enough to fund a definitive feasibility study on Alpala. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 4, 2020 | 10:42 am
Copper price rally builds as China’s spending balloons Copper now up 27% from covid-19 lows as China’s $700bn “new infrastructure” spending kicks into gear – 10,000 5G base stations are being built per week. Frik Els | June 4, 2020 | 10:06 am
Magnitude 6.8 earthquake hits northern Chile; copper, lithium mines unaffected BHP and Antofagasta said there are no damage or operational problems at their sites. Reuters | June 4, 2020 | 10:00 am
Pure Gold’s 30,000m drill program underway, stock rallies Shares of Pure Gold Mining climbed 4.7% to a near 52-week high. Jackson Chen | June 4, 2020 | 9:52 am
Russia declares state of emergency over Nornickel’s Arctic fuel spill Cause of the spill is likely a combination of both climate change and infrastructure-related factors. Bloomberg News | June 4, 2020 | 8:53 am
Mexico mining output to shrink 17% in 2020 Even though mining activities have resumed, exploration would remain on hold for the time being. Reuters | June 4, 2020 | 8:42 am
German auto stimulus to boost VW’s electric push Buyer incentives for passenger cars, including a lowering of value added tax to 16% from 19% were included as part of a 130 billion euro stimulus. Reuters | June 4, 2020 | 8:22 am