Africa Top Stories

Labor dispute keeps 540 South African miners stuck underground

Workers at the Modder East operation near Johannesburg were kept underground after the night shift ended by the AMCU.

Bloomberg News | October 23, 2023 | 10:31 am

Kazakh miner ERG plans $800 million revamp of DRC copper, cobalt mine

The project includes the construction of a hydrometallurgical plant at…

Reuters | October 20, 2023 | 9:17 am

South Africa’s QGC secures $1 billion for push into green metals

The company plans to develop deposits of metals such as…

Bloomberg News | October 20, 2023 | 9:14 am

Ionic wins licence to mine rare earths in Uganda

The Makuutu project has a geology similar to southern China's…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 20, 2023 | 6:08 am

Superdeep diamonds reveal how Gondwana grew from below

Superdeep diamonds likely migrated to the surface together with different…

Staff Writer | October 20, 2023 | 5:26 am

AngloGold Ashanti CEO sees inflation pressure easing next year

Alberto Calderon estimated that 40% of the cost increase in the first half of this year was attributable to diesel prices.

Reuters | August 5, 2022 | 7:37 am

Gold Fields expects H1 profit jump on higher prices, output

It expects gold production of 1.201 million ounces, up 9% from 1.104 million ounces.

Reuters | August 4, 2022 | 10:34 am

Zinc price highest since March as energy crunch threatens smelters

Glencore warned that Europe’s energy crisis poses a substantial threat to supply.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 4, 2022 | 8:54 am

Glencore profit more than doubles thanks to soaring coal price

The firm’s coal division generated earnings of $8.9 billion in the first six months of the year as prices for the fossil fuel have soared.

MINING.COM Editor | August 4, 2022 | 3:53 am

Zambia’s growth target shaky as copper output drops, prices plunge

Output fell 7.4% to 364,089 tons in the first half of 2022, data from the Zambia Chamber of Mines showed.

Bloomberg News | August 3, 2022 | 10:29 am

Global copper and nickel smelting slides in July, satellite data shows

Smelting activity was hit by weakness in China and the biggest mining region South America.

Reuters | August 3, 2022 | 7:58 am

Impoverished Zimbabweans turn to scrap metal trade as inflation bites

Annual inflation, which hit 256.9% in July, has cast a shadow over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's bid to revitalise the economy.

Reuters | August 3, 2022 | 5:55 am

One ‘Zamazama’ dead, 46 arrested in South Africa’s Witwatersrand Basin

About 700 tonnes of gold-bearing material has been recovered.

Henry Lazenby | August 2, 2022 | 4:15 pm

RBPlat posts 58% fall in H1 profit on lower metal prices, soaring costs

Platinum group metals have come off their highs seen during the early part of 2021, when the global economy started to emerge from the covid-19 shutdowns.

Reuters | August 2, 2022 | 7:20 am

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