Zimbabwe lithium export earnings treble as projects take off

At least nine people were killed when an artisanal gold mine collapsed in Burkina Faso's western Tuy province on Tuesday.

Endiama plans to more than double its diamond production between 2022 and 2027.

The power outages could cut South Africa’s output of platinum-group metals by a fifth this year.

Microsoft executives visited an artisanal cobalt mine in Democratic Republic of Congo in December.

Fortescue has been assessing the Belinga iron ore project since 2018.

“The goal is to discover new deposits that can be the subject of calls for bids, with a view to concluding mutually profitable public-private partnerships,” Felix Tshisekedi said.

The mining industry has been struggling to hit production targets, hurt by everything from floods and droughts to creaking infrastructure and political instability.

Currently, the company produces 200,000 tonnes of copper and 25,000 tonnes of cobalt annually at the mines across the central African copper belt.

More than 200 days of power cuts last year and blackouts every day so far in 2023 have dented confidence.