February 4, 2018 Randgold calls Congo’s new mining code “draconian” Mark Bristow says the law will “severely limit the growth of the mining industry in the DRC as well as the country's own economic prospects.”
February 2, 2018 Nickel crops most in two months as dollar rally fuels fund sales Nickel prices slumped as much as 5.8 per cent to $13,185 a ton on the London Metal Exchange, retreating from two-year highs struck earlier in the week.
February 2, 2018 Gold price set for wild ride in 2018 say 34 bullion analysts Bankers, brokers, refiners and researchers in the London Bullion Market Association's 2018 survey sees gold as high as $1,510 and as low as $1,120 an ounce.
February 2, 2018 Commodity boom has a dark side as cost creep erodes windfall Mining and metal companies are rediscovering the downside of rallying prices: higher costs.
February 2, 2018 Southern Copper surprises with $287.5 million net loss in fourth quarter Analysts had forecast a $419 million net profit for the company in the fourth quarter.
February 2, 2018 Sibanye-Stillwater trapped miners brought to surface safely The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) is demanding that Beatrix gold mine remains closed pending a probe and has asked the South African government to investigate why…
February 2, 2018 Goldman all but says the mining supercycle is back “The environment for investing in commodities is the best since 2004-2008” – Goldman Sachs
February 1, 2018 No sign of early contract talks at BHP’s Escondida mine -Union BHP's Escondida on Wednesday cast doubt on chances of starting talks on a new labor agreement with the company before formal negotiations scheduled for June.
February 1, 2018 Glencore says copper output will rise as Katanga ramps up The Katanga mine in Democratic Republic of Congo likely to add roughly 150,000 tonnes of copper and 11,600 tonnes of cobalt in 2018.
February 1, 2018 Acacia adopts fresh gold price protection measures Miner has spent $2 million to lock in the option to sell 120,000 ounces of future output at $1,320 an ounce, as it waits for Tanzania exports ban to end.
Namib Minerals to restart mothballed Zimbabwe gold mine in February Redwing currently has an estimated 2.5 million ounces of gold and is the largest resource base in the group's Zimbabwean portfolio. December 19, 2025 | 07:08 am
