De Beers makes diamond buyers cough up cash with fresh price rise

The world's largest diamond miner by value is said to have hiked prices by about 8% for big stones and 20% for small ones at the latest sale.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 17, 2022 | 6:39 am

Two killed in Niger uranium mine collapse

Two people have died and two others were injured in a collapse at French nuclear group Orano's COMINAK uranium mine.

Reuters | January 16, 2022 | 3:59 pm

Sibanye-Stillwater faces strike at South Africa gold mines

Unions have been cleared to give the company notice of a strike following failed wage talks for gold mine workers.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 14, 2022 | 3:40 am

NextSource shares up on successful Molo graphite plant testing

Phase 1 of the Molo graphite mine is fully funded and, when commissioned, will become one of the few operating graphite mines outside of China.

Henry Lazenby | January 13, 2022 | 9:10 am

Tunisia targets doubling phosphate output as economy languishes

Reaching the target of 8 million tons in the next two years, up from 3.9 million in 2021, would raise production to levels Tunisia hasn’t experienced since before its Arab Spring uprising.

Bloomberg News | January 12, 2022 | 11:01 am

Coal slurry dam spills near historic South African game reserve

An estimated 1,500 cubic meters of liquid known as slurry leaked after a dam collapsed on Dec. 24 following heavy rains.

Bloomberg News | January 12, 2022 | 10:24 am

Nigeria woos Barrick and Rio Tinto to spur nascent mining industry

Barrick, the world’s second biggest gold miner, is among the firms said to be interested in coming to Nigeria.

Bloomberg News | January 12, 2022 | 9:47 am

Botswana Diamonds shares shoot up on Thorny River potential

The company has significantly raised the estimated kimberlite volume at the South African asset to 2 million tonnes of kimberlitic material.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 12, 2022 | 3:27 am

Bullish investors add $90bn to top 50 biggest mining companies

Despite the pullback in iron ore and copper prices, the MINING.COM TOP 50 ranking of the world’s most valuable miners made strong gains at the end of the year.

MINING.com Editor | January 11, 2022 | 1:18 pm

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