Canada’s Banro halts Congo mines, declares force majeure on ongoing violence

Canada’s Banro halts Congo operations after militia attacks

The miner says relentless attacks, including the kidnapping of four employees in July, disrupted mining activities and forced it to suspend operations.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 27, 2019 | 10:10 am

Green energy transition, structural changes to sustain much higher rare earth prices

US steps up efforts to limit China’s control of critical minerals

Washington has expanded an initiative to promote mining of lithium, cobalt and other minerals in resource-rich countries.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 27, 2019 | 4:43 am

BHP to pay $840m to break free from coal in Chile

Access to water one of miners’ biggest challenges ahead — study

Despite successful efforts to manage water usage more efficiently, tougher environmental rules are increasing miners’ costs and risks, particularly those operating in arid regions or close to populated communities.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 26, 2019 | 9:45 am

Lucara on a roll — finds blue, pink diamonds at Botswana mine

Lucara rocks — finds blue, pink diamonds at Botswana mine

The diamonds, found at the area that yielded the famous 1,111-carat “Lesedi La Rona” in 2015, will be sold in December.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 26, 2019 | 3:52 am

Savannah Resources to extract quartz, glass-making ceramic at lithium mine in Portugal

Co-products will initially be sold to ceramics industry customers in Portugal and Spain.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 25, 2019 | 10:24 am

Iron ore hits 4-week high as China demand outlook brightens

Rio strikes deal with Chinese partners to cut steel-making emissions

The partnership with China Baowu Steel Group and Tsinghua University seeks to develop new ways to cut carbon emissions along the steelmaking supply chain.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 25, 2019 | 8:52 am

BHP tried swaying Anglo’s Mark Cutifani to be its CEO

BHP favours an internal hire, but is also open to external candidates, people familiar with the matter said.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 25, 2019 | 5:58 am

Sibanye-Stillwater expects big jump in first-half profits

Sibanye to axe over 5,000 jobs in Marikana restructuring

The precious metals miner said that 3,904 were permanent positions, while 1,366 were contractors.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 25, 2019 | 2:38 am

Vale to restart Onça Puma nickel complex

Mining has been halted since September 2017 as the company failed to undergo a requested environmental impact on local indigenous communities affected by pollution caused by the operation.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 24, 2019 | 8:44 am