Botswana finds 11 diamonds at Thorny River project

Eskom, which supplies more than 90 percent of the nation's power, has warned of potential power outages amid low coal inventories after a major supplier cut supplies and sought insolvency protection.

Gold Fields is having to sneak maintenance teams into its South Deep mine in South Africa after protesters shot at vehicles trying to enter the site, where workers have been on strike since Nov. 2.

The company has now upgraded 90% of its Kari Pump resource to the indicated category.

Although Katanga said that copper production was continuing as normal, it warned that its earnings would be affected if the dispute is not settled.

Ghana will seek to raise $750m through a sale of shares in a fund that will hold the West African nation’s stakes in mining companies and receive royalties.

The company acquired the remaining 50% in the joint venture from its previous partner and said negotiations were already advanced with an unnamed potential new associate.

Sibanye-Stillwater currently employs over 32,000 people at its South Africa gold operations.

China, the leading holder of international deep sea exploration licences, increases its lead in the race for alternative sources of battery minerals by taking samples from cobalt-bearing mountains deep in the Pacific.

“They are taking unilateral decisions that we haven’t verified, that we haven’t certified” - Gecamines President, Albert Yuma