Zimbabwe platinum miners ask government to defer export tax

Mined cobalt supply grew by 23% to 187,060 tons in 2022, in a supply swell that wiped out a large deficit seen in 2021.

Allegations related to the company’s efforts to retain valuable mining rights in Guinea in 2011.

In 2023, Botswana expects diamond output to decline by 1%.

Profit was boosted by higher metal grades and prices.

To the southeast of the teeming herds of wildlife in the Okavango Delta in Botswana, an offshoot of the Lundin mining dynasty is extending its search for the world’s biggest diamonds.

The decline is mainly due to a drop in production expected at Barrick Gold's Somilo/Gounkoto mine and B2Gold's Fekola mine.

A lengthy strike at its South African gold mines and flooding at its US platinum operations impacted production.

Company suspended operations at one of its shafts in Kitwe.

Africa's lithium production is likely to soar this decade, with the bulk of that coming from Zimbabwe.