Sierra Leone reviews mining licenses in industry-wide cleanupThe West African nation has already canceled or suspended permits for assets that were not operational.Bloomberg News | August 7, 2019 | 10:02 am
Zambian court blocks Vedanta’s bid to halt sale of Konkola mineVedanta is reviewing the ruling and will then make a…Reuters | August 7, 2019 | 9:12 am
Miners find out the hard way why cobalt is called the goblinAfter a 50% drop in prices this year, cobalt has…Bloomberg News | August 7, 2019 | 6:55 am
Komatsu dealer sells hydraulic shovel, haul trucks to True Gold Later the fleet will be augmented with a second primary excavator and eight additional trucks. Michael Allan McCrae | May 20, 2014 | 5:16 pm
$20bn Rio Tinto-Guinea deal on Simandou close Rio Tinto CEO Sam Walsh says agreement on funding and execution of $20 billion Simandou iron ore project will "inject new momentum". Frik Els | May 19, 2014 | 8:12 pm
Iron ore price drops to double digits "Now that we broke through $100, I think that's a very bearish sign. It shows you there's a lot of supply around" Frik Els | May 19, 2014 | 6:09 pm
Africa FDI at decade high Foreign direct investment is shifting from extractive industries to consumer-related sectors according to new report. Ernst & Young | May 18, 2014 | 11:00 pm
MIT developing platinum replacement A team of scientists is working on a process to replace platinum-group metals (PGMs) with more widely available elements. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 18, 2014 | 6:53 pm
Global mining deals picking up, but far from returning to boom times Companies’ low valuation, the current focus on operational efficiency in the mining sector, and the chase for overseas assets by Chinese investors, are pushing deals up. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 18, 2014 | 1:59 pm
Iron ore price crashes to $100 on China steel crisis Iron ore price gives up 2% on Friday falling to a 21-month low as Chinese steel price drops to record low. Frik Els | May 16, 2014 | 6:19 pm
World’s largest platinum mine to remain shut for months on S. Africa strike Impala Platinum (Implats) has lost about 246,000 ounces of production of the metal since the strike started, Cecilia Jamasmie | May 16, 2014 | 4:39 pm
Eric Sprott: Gold shortage coming, data shows When the West runs out of gold, the price should go much higher. Sprott Group | May 15, 2014 | 8:54 pm