White Metal, Noronex to start work at Namibia copper-silver project

The accord comes as President Mnangagwa courts foreign investment to rebuild an economy that halved in size since 2000 under former President Mugabe.

Two more quakes were felt Friday near the company's Masakhane gold mine, which cause search and rescue operations to be momentarily halted.

Sibanye-Stillwater said five of 13 miners trapped underground in a South African gold mine were rescued but one of the five had died.

Automated mining technologies require governments and the mining industry to consider how efficiency gains will change local mining communities.

The changes are part of a worrying trend of sweeping legislative and policy changes, implemented without consultation with stakeholders.

Daimler has pledged to investigate its supply chain to ensure child labour is not being used to power its electric vehicles.

Contact has been made with three of the workers trapped at the company's Masakhane gold mine.

The miner and commodities trader is embroiled in a legal tangle over its copper and cobalt operations in Democratic Republic of Congo, where conflict and changes to regulations have deterred many mining firms.

The 46-carat pink diamond is the largest coloured gem-quality stone ever recovered at the company's Lulo project.