Gold’s ‘good week’ gets better as trade war ignites haven demand Mounting economic and geopolitical tensions fueled demand for the metal as a haven. Bloomberg News | March 23, 2018 | 2:25 pm
Glencore faces off against labor group on Congo mine conditions Glencore defended working conditions at its mines in Congo after an international labor federation said its employees are poorly treated and underpaid. Bloomberg News | March 23, 2018 | 1:44 pm
As commodities roar, Africa wants bigger slice of mining pie A lack of returns to governments is drawing a backlash from Mali in the Sahara to Tanzania on the Indian Ocean. Bloomberg News | March 22, 2018 | 12:05 pm
Barrick Gold yet to feel the heat in Zambian tax crackdown The Toronto-based company, which operates the Lumwana mine, hasn’t received any notifications from the tax authority. Bloomberg News | March 21, 2018 | 5:08 pm
Copper giant shortlists candidates as CEO ponders future While Nelson Pizarro could well stay on as Codelco's chief executive officer, the government is putting together a shortlist of candidates. Bloomberg News | March 21, 2018 | 10:20 am
First Quantum confirms $7.9bn Zambian tax assessment Shares of First Quantum fell as much as 13 percent in Toronto and were down 12 percent when the stock was halted ahead of the statement. Bloomberg News | March 20, 2018 | 3:20 pm
Zambia to conduct tax audit of mining companies for past 6 years The Zambia Revenue Authority may extend the period of the audit should it find a pattern of “consistent, systematic, premeditated” tax evasion. Bloomberg News | March 20, 2018 | 12:12 pm
Mining companies seek talks as Ivory Coast scraps tax exemption The government announced the discontinuation exemption from a 35 percent tax on profits, a move it said is in line with international trends. Bloomberg News | March 20, 2018 | 12:07 pm
Marijuana is the new gold as former Canada miners go to pot Turns out, it may be easier to strike gold by growing green. Bloomberg News | March 19, 2018 | 12:15 pm
Moti doubles Zimbabwe investments as economy seen opening up Moti Group is preparing to double its investments in Zimbabwe to $500 million after the removal of Robert Mugabe as president in November. Bloomberg News | March 19, 2018 | 11:27 am
Congo state miner curbs expectations about code concessions The operators are pressing the government to row back on some of the reforms President Joseph Kabila signed into law this month. Bloomberg News | March 19, 2018 | 10:50 am
Mine accident shows a potash market nervous about outages Shares of some of the largest potash producers soared on speculation that the accident could knock out a large chunk of global production capacity. Bloomberg News | March 16, 2018 | 11:02 am
