Africa Top Stories

Tennessee approves Piedmont Lithium plant construction as complex Carolina project slows

The now $800 million project 265 km southeast of Nashville would process about 27,000 tonnes a year of the battery metal starting in 2026.

Colin McClelland | August 1, 2023 | 7:01 am

Rio Tinto inks earn-in deal for lithium project in Rwanda

Rio has the option to invest up to $7.5 million…

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 1, 2023 | 5:50 am

SRG shareholder hopes Chinese investment will fast track company’s graphite development

Earlier this month, C-ONE, a private anode materials company based…

Staff Writer | July 31, 2023 | 1:48 pm

Giyani Metals’ new K.Hill PEA produces $983m NPV for extended 57-year project life

An upside case scenario is also evaluated, with a post-tax…

Staff Writer | July 31, 2023 | 9:09 am

Ivanhoe eyes higher copper production following metallurgical test breakthrough

The company is targeting total copper recoveries in the mid-nineties…

Staff Writer | July 27, 2023 | 2:36 pm

Gold Fields unlikely to further sweeten Yamana deal — CEO

Chief executive Chris Griffith says Yamana Gold’s shareholders are warming up to $6.7 billion takeover offer.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 15, 2022 | 8:48 am

Anglo American, Nippon Steel to work on low-carbon steelmaking

They will work on solutions for lower-carbon steelmaking, a process responsible for up to 9% of global greenhouse emissions.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 14, 2022 | 3:55 am

Zambia seeks out-of-court resolution to Vedanta dispute

A Vedanta spokesman said the mines minister's comments are a "welcome development".

Reuters | July 12, 2022 | 10:20 am

Congo plans border post expansion as mining trucks endure up to 60 km queues

Miners with operations in Congo say they have been calling on the government to invest in infrastructure.

Reuters | July 11, 2022 | 9:53 am

Premier African Minerals plans lithium shipments to China by March 2023

The Zulu lithium mine is expected to produce 48,000 tonnes of spodumene concentrate a year.

Reuters | July 11, 2022 | 7:38 am

Gold Fields hikes dividends to win Yamana deal backing

The company is also seeking a listing in Toronto to sway shareholders opposed to the planned $6.7 billion takeover of Canada’s Yamana Gold.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 11, 2022 | 3:52 am

Gold-uranium mine in South Africa sheds new light on life’s power generators below earth’s surface

For the first time, there is an insight into how energy is stored deep in the earth’s subsurface.

Staff Writer | July 10, 2022 | 7:45 am

Giant Congo cobalt mine exports at risk as investors feud

An intensifying feud between shareholders of the Tenke Fungurume mine may lead a court-appointed administrator to block its exports of copper and cobalt.

Bloomberg News | July 9, 2022 | 12:12 pm

Top 50 mining stocks lose $600bn in market value from peak

After a brutal second quarter, investors in the world’s 50 biggest mining companies are in full retreat as metal prices slump and uncertainty grips the sector.

Frik Els | July 8, 2022 | 2:53 pm

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