Africa Top Stories

Guinea extends deadline for bauxite miners to present refinery plans

Country's junta has given bauxite mining companies 10 days to present a timeline for the construction of alumina refineries.

Reuters | June 10, 2022 | 7:12 am

Temporary administrator takes over China Moly’s Tenke mine in Congo

The government suspects the mine has understated its levels of…

Reuters | June 9, 2022 | 5:06 pm

Anglo American takes on an industry-first sustainability-linked loan

Financing focuses exclusively on social development indicators.

Henry Lazenby | June 9, 2022 | 3:59 pm

Syrah Resources suspends movement on key route after attacks in northern Mozambique

The company said mining and processing operations at the graphite project in…

Reuters | June 9, 2022 | 8:14 am

Afromet exits Zimbabwe platinum mine project

The Darwendale project was expected to become the biggest mining venture in…

Reuters | June 9, 2022 | 8:12 am

Pensana Rare Earths gets $9m from Angola wealth fund to develop project

The Longonjo project is slated to be the world's first major rare earth mine to be brought online in over a decade.

Reuters | September 28, 2020 | 8:34 am

Lucapa’s sale fresh sign of diamond market recovery

The miner and its partners in Angola have sold $5.6 million worth of diamonds from the Lulo mine, in a fresh sign that the market is slowly improving.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 28, 2020 | 7:07 am

Artisanal mining linked to UN sustainable development goals – report

The first assessment of the relationships between ASM and United Nations sustainable development goals is being brought to the General Assembly.

Amanda Stutt | September 25, 2020 | 12:47 pm

Mines are the biggest holes in Tesla’s $25,000 car plans

“We sorta take a chunk of dirt out of the ground, remove the lithium, and put the chunk of dirt back where it was. It will not look, like, terrible. It will be nice.”

Frik Els | September 24, 2020 | 3:08 pm