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Zimbabwe tightens screws on miners’ export earnings in forex crunch

The country's Reserve Bank has ordered platinum and chrome miners to surrender 80 percent of their export earnings to the central bank as the country struggles to contain a crippling dollar note shortage.

Reuters | August 18, 2017 | 2:22 am

With Congo finances collapsing, desperate government has few options

Democratic Republic of Congo's government seeks to head off a…

Reuters | August 17, 2017 | 11:21 am

Kazakhstan miner Kaz Minerals ramps up output, profits rise

Kaz Minerals, a copper company focused on Kazakhstan, narrowed its…

Reuters | August 17, 2017 | 10:59 am

Argentina confirms charges for Barrick employees over 2015 cyanide spill at Veladero

Court of appeals says charges of “pollution, negligence and malpractice"…

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 17, 2017 | 9:26 am

Onerous procurement requirements of S. Africa’s 2017 Mining Charter to hit suppliers

While suppliers are not required to comply with the 2017…

Baker McKenzie Johannesburg | August 17, 2017 | 8:22 am

Trafigura buys Germany’s Ecobat Stolberg lead plant

The Ecobat plant was among several German industrial units damaged by massive flooding in the country's west and south last year.

Reuters | July 6, 2022 | 7:39 am

Potanin a major obstacle to $60 billion Rusal, Nornickel merger

Potanin has said a tie-up could strengthen the companies' defences against any sanctions the West might impose on them.

Reuters | July 6, 2022 | 6:39 am

Researchers call for science-based policies given impacts of mining on salmon, trout

Scientists comprehensively link, for the first time, mining policy to the current understanding of watershed ecology and salmonid biology.

Staff Writer | July 6, 2022 | 6:10 am

Earth’s mineral diversity 75% greater than previously thought

Two papers published in American Mineralogist and sponsored in part by NASA help reconstruct the history of life on earth and guide the search for new minerals and ore deposits.

Staff Writer | July 5, 2022 | 6:06 am

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Zimbabwe tightens screws on miners’ export earnings in forex crunch

With Congo finances collapsing, desperate government has few options

Kazakhstan miner Kaz Minerals ramps up output, profits rise

Argentina confirms charges for Barrick employees over 2015 cyanide spill at Veladero

Onerous procurement requirements of S. Africa’s 2017 Mining Charter to hit suppliers

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Trafigura buys Germany’s Ecobat Stolberg lead plant

Potanin a major obstacle to $60 billion Rusal, Nornickel merger

Researchers call for science-based policies given impacts of mining on salmon, trout

Nexa announces Aripuanã zinc mine ramp up

The Metals Company reigniting race to mine the ocean floor

Copper price lowest since November 2020 on economic slowdown worries

Bank of England takes deep dive into ‘opaque’ commodities

Congo administrator orders China’s CMOC to stop exports from Tenke cobalt mine

Earth’s mineral diversity 75% greater than previously thought