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Train collision disrupts supplies to Africa’s biggest coal port

The disruption comes as Transnet struggles to improve its performance, particularly on the line that transports coal from mines in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province to the Richards Bay Coal Terminal.

Bloomberg News | January 16, 2024 | 9:41 am

Ivanhoe, Gécamines to reopen historic Kipushi mine

The historic zinc-copper mine will restart in Q2 2024, with…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 16, 2024 | 9:03 am

Taseko inks $50m royalty deal for Florence copper mine construction

Funds will allow the Canadian miner to speed up construction…

Staff Writer | January 16, 2024 | 5:19 am

Pilbara Minerals expands offtake deal with Ganfeng

The miner will supply 310,000 tonnes of spodumene concentrate per…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 15, 2024 | 5:29 am

First Quantum to halt Ravensthorpe nickel mine

The miner will sell nickel from the stockpiles for the…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 15, 2024 | 3:56 am

Adventus, Salazar on track to get environmental licence for Ecuador copper-gold project

The project partners are expecting the El Domo environmental licence to be approved by the second half of 2023.

Staff Writer | July 26, 2023 | 9:23 am

Rio Tinto to miss 2025 emissions cuts targets

The world’s second largest miner won’t be able to achieve a targeted 15% carbon emissions reduction by 2025, unless it uses carbon offsets.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 26, 2023 | 5:49 am

Colombia names leftist engineer as new mining minister

Andrés Camacho, 42, will be in charge of Colombia’s transition away from its two main sources of revenue: oil and coal.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 26, 2023 | 3:57 am

De Beers $2.3bn Venetia mine expansion yields first diamonds

De Beers stopped its 30-year open pit mining operations at Venetia last year to transition to the underground section of the mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 25, 2023 | 5:55 am

Los Andes Copper signs $20 million royalty deal with Ecora Resources

Prefeasibility study released in February 2023 demonstrated a 26-year open pit operation at 136,000 t/d.

Staff Writer | July 24, 2023 | 10:30 am

Bluejay Mining goes solo at Finland project as JV with Rio Tinto ends

Along with the 100% project ownership of the Enonkoski nickel-copper-cobalt project, it will retain all drilling results.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 24, 2023 | 8:09 am

South32 takes $1.3 billion charge on Arizona project

South32 blamed supply costs for pushing up the price of developing the Taylor deposit, the largest asset within the Hermosa project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 24, 2023 | 3:53 am

New draft decree proposes limiting issuance of mining titles in Colombia’s vulnerable ecosystems

Colombia’s government made public a draft decree aimed at setting new criteria for establishing temporary natural reserves within the context of mining and environmental regulations.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | July 23, 2023 | 11:15 am

Excellon Resources acquisition of La Negra falls through

Excellon's two board members have resigned after the mine seller unexpectedly sent it a notice terminating the transaction.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 21, 2023 | 4:03 am

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