Africa to play ‘huge role’ in US critical mineral strategy, says Treasury’s No. 2"We don't want to be overly reliant on any one country or any one company for global supply chains," says US Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo.Reuters | March 14, 2024 | 10:52 am
Exxaro still keen on copper after Botswana setbackCoal miner is considering potential deals to acquire copper and…Reuters | March 14, 2024 | 6:54 am
Montage Gold raises $26 million for Koné project in AfricaThe project has total probable reserves of 11.3 million oxide…Staff Writer | March 13, 2024 | 10:28 am
Mining deal-making declines, but Beaty and others see opportunities As the value of mining industry mergers and acquisitions falls from last year’s high, some investors see divergent trends moderating conditions. Colin McClelland | June 23, 2023 | 10:40 am
South Africa investigating deaths of 31 people in illegal mine Victims died in a ventilation shaft in Virginia mine in Welkom city. Reuters | June 23, 2023 | 8:39 am
Methane gas explosion killed 31 in disused South African mine Harmony Gold, the previous mine owner, said the incident was a criminal matter, which it handed over to police for further investigation. Reuters | June 23, 2023 | 4:06 am
NextSource begins graphite production in Madagascar Phase one of operations at Molo are being optimized to reach the mine's nameplate production capacity of 17,000 tpa of graphite concentrate. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 22, 2023 | 6:03 am
B2Gold grows indicated ounces at Anaconda area near Fekola by 80% Total resources in the indicated category are estimated at 57.1 million tonnes grading 1.11 g/t gold, for approximately 2 million gold ounces. Staff Writer | June 21, 2023 | 5:30 pm
Four firms shortlisted in race to buy Zambia’s Mopani Copper Mines China's Zijin Mining and Norinco Group, South Africa's Sibanye Stillwater and an investment vehicle owned by ex-Glencore officials have been shortlisted in the race. Reuters | June 19, 2023 | 9:16 am
Deep-South stock soars as it gets Namibia copper licence reinstated The Haib copper deposit has an after-tax NPV (at a 7.5% discount rate) of $957 million and IRR of 29.7%. Staff Writer | June 19, 2023 | 8:54 am
Namibia seeks to tap resource potential after lithium ore ban The southern African nation last week banned exports of unprocessed lithium and other critical minerals. Bloomberg News | June 19, 2023 | 7:27 am
World’s No. 2 gold miner is trying to get bigger in copper For a company with “gold” in its name, Barrick Gold Corp. has become noticeably fixated on copper. Bloomberg News | June 18, 2023 | 12:12 pm