Africa Top Stories

Diamond-rich Botswana votes with President Masisi seeking second term

Botswana will hold a general election on Wednesday with President Mokgweetsi Masisi competing against three challengers for a second term.

Reuters | October 28, 2024 | 6:55 am

Osisko acquisition boosts Gold Fields’ growth strategy

The deal makes Gold Fields the sole owner of the…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 28, 2024 | 4:09 am

Resource nationalism and political instability: Strategies for risk management

The resurgence of resource nationalism—particularly in countries experiencing political upheaval,…

Timothy Foden, Kristen Young and Rebecca Mee | October 25, 2024 | 1:36 pm

Mali threatens to let Barrick mine permit lapse over dispute

Barrick's Loulo mine permit is currently set to expire in…

Bloomberg News | October 25, 2024 | 11:37 am

China to offer Taliban tariff-free trade as it inches closer to isolated resource-rich regime

Selling Afghanistan's lithium, copper and iron deposits to feed China's…

Reuters | October 25, 2024 | 7:55 am

Ivanhoe Mines lowers full-year copper, zinc production guidance

The revision comes despite a record 116,313 tonnes of copper in concentrate produced during the third quarter at Kamoa-Kakula.

Staff Writer | October 7, 2024 | 12:01 pm

Fortuna Mining says Burkina Faso will not withdraw existing mining permits

On Saturday, junta leader Ibrahim Traoré had said Burkina Faso plans to withdraw mining permits from some foreign companies.

Reuters | October 7, 2024 | 11:57 am

Lucara sells off Clara diamond sales platform

The total consideration is $3 million on closing and the return of 10 million Lucara common shares initially issued as partial consideration when Lucara acquired Clara in 2018.

Staff Writer | October 7, 2024 | 10:13 am

US rules on conflict minerals have not reduced violence in Congo, watchdog says

Millions of people are displaced and fighting over minerals, particularly gold, has actually increased since the so-called conflict minerals law was passed in 2010.

Reuters | October 7, 2024 | 8:28 am

Ghana’s wildcat gold mining booms, poisoning people and nature

"It's risky but I just want to survive," said one of the men at the wildcat site in the Prestea-Huni Valley district in western Ghana.

Reuters | October 7, 2024 | 1:33 am

Burkina Faso plans to withdraw some mining permits, junta leader says

Gold is the main export of the West African country.

Reuters | October 5, 2024 | 12:43 pm

The top 50 biggest mining companies in the world

Despite gold's price slump, strong copper and iron ore prices lifted MINING.COM's ranking of the world's 50 most valuable miners to a new record high of $1.35 trillion.

MINING.com Editor | October 5, 2024 | 2:59 am