Africa Top Stories

Congo mines minister to meet with firms on confinement moratorium

Civil society groups last month demanded an end to mandatory mine-site confinement policies put in place by copper and cobalt mining companies to avoid coronavirus outbreaks.

Reuters | July 5, 2020 | 8:41 am

Roscan completes Mali project purchase, stock up

Shares of Roscan Gold jumped to a 52-week high Friday.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 3, 2020 | 11:49 am

South Africa to investigate scrap metal shortage

Shortage of scrap metals is hurting the country's manufacturing and…

Reuters | July 3, 2020 | 9:32 am

Vedanta’s KCM warns part of Nchanga mine about to collapse

Company says part of the pit will cave in "anytime"…

Reuters | July 3, 2020 | 8:27 am

Desert Gold expands Senegal Mali Shear Zone project

The Canadian company acquired a 95% interest in the Sola…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 3, 2020 | 6:20 am

Lundin granted second extension on bid for Freeport Congo mine stake

The company now has until Sept. 29 to bid on Freeport-McMoRan Inc's stake in the Tenke Fungurume copper and cobalt mine.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 15, 2016 | 9:10 am

Semafo adding ounces in Burkina Faso

Montreal-based producer expects to produce more than 400,000 ounces by 2019.

Frik Els | September 15, 2016 | 5:05 am

Goldplat completes farm-out deal with Ashanti for Ghana gold project

Ashanti can acquire 75% of Goldplat’s majority stake in the Anumso gold project in Ghana.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 15, 2016 | 3:30 am

Millennials gave a $25 billion shot in the arm to the diamond industry last year

De Beers, the world's biggest diamond producer, warns that many of the challenges affecting the industry last year are likely to continue over the next decade.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 14, 2016 | 9:01 am

Despite problems SA still represents half sub-Sahara mining

Value of South Africa's mining industry forecast to contract 11.4% in 2016, followed by years of close to zero growth according to new report.

Frik Els | September 14, 2016 | 6:26 am

Endeavour jumps on ‘significant’ discovery at its Cote d’Ivoire gold mine

The Ity mine has produced more than 1.2 million ounces of gold in its over 20 years of operations and Endeavour is working on extending the mine life by at least another 10 years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 14, 2016 | 6:15 am

Iron ore price: Vale makes boldest oversupply move yet

S11D is the most recognized four letter word in the iron ore world.

Frik Els | September 14, 2016 | 4:43 am

One graph all iron ore price bears should see

"China’s steel use will also reflect its maturing economic structure and consumerization."

Frik Els | September 14, 2016 | 3:36 am

Industry leaders call on airlines and associations to ban the hand-carriage of gold

Over 130 industry delegates descended on Ghana’s capital Accra on 7 September, to attend DMCC’s second Africa Dubai Precious Metals Forum (‘ADPMF’) held at the Kempinski Hotel.

DMCC | September 13, 2016 | 11:13 am

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