Africa Top Stories

Deep-South says Namibia Ministry missed deadline to defend licence refusal

The Canadian miner is fighting in court Namibia's mining and energy minister's rebuttal of its prospecting licence.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 3, 2022 | 7:19 am

Nomads may have taken over Egypt’s emerald mines before the fall of the Roman Empire

Roman Empire emerald mines may have fallen into the hands…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | March 3, 2022 | 4:53 am

Sibanye-Stillwater faces court battle for ditching $1.2bn Brazil mines deal

Appian Capital Advisory is taking Sibanye-Stillwater to the High Court…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 3, 2022 | 3:46 am

Sibanye-Stillwater posts record profit on upbeat commodity prices

Sibanye's profit increased by 13% in 2021 to 33.1 billion…

Reuters | March 2, 2022 | 11:16 pm

US official says South Africa aid aimed at coal plants not EVs

State-power utility Eskom had initiated the talks last year in…

Bloomberg News | March 2, 2022 | 10:08 am

Centamin appoints new CEO

Martin Horgan, co-founder of a gold company acquired by Resolute Mining last year, is taking the post.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 2, 2020 | 8:53 am

Kinross Gold withdraws 2020 guidance

The company says the pandemic has had no material impacts on its operations.

Bruno Venditti | April 1, 2020 | 12:23 pm

Covid-19 robs diamond sector of recovery hopes

The coronavirus pandemic has squashed diamond miners’ dawning hopes of a recovery in the beleaguered sector.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 1, 2020 | 6:58 am

Glencore’s chrome joint venture in South Africa with Merafe declares force majeure

South Africa, which has called a three-week lockdown to slow the spread of coronavirus, is the world's biggest producer of chrome.

Reuters | April 1, 2020 | 3:20 am

South Africa lockdown squeezes global chrome supply

The country is the world's biggest producer of chrome ore and last year provided 83% of China’s total chrome imports.

Reuters | March 31, 2020 | 4:43 pm

Petra Diamonds founder steps down

Adonis Pouroulis was the company’s founder and chairman for 23 years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 31, 2020 | 9:34 am

Harmony Gold curbs output as it shuts nine mines

It expects to only produce between 650kg to 700kg of gold in South Africa during the 21-day lockdown imposed by the government.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 31, 2020 | 4:13 am

Vedanta to suspend operations at Namibian zinc unit

Skorpion Zinc mine to be put on care and maintenance because of pit failures.

Reuters | March 30, 2020 | 7:59 am

De Beers scraps diamond sales event

The coronavirus lockdowns have made it impossible for buyers to attend.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 30, 2020 | 3:45 am

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