February 5, 2018

Bluejay Mining seeks pigment riches as Greenland’s ice retreats

The company aims to achieve output of the world's highest grade deposit of ilmenite in Greenland next year, its CEO said.

February 5, 2018

Congo’s Gecamines to rework contracts with foreign partners

Some of the company’s international mining partners include major names such as Glencore, China Molybdenum and Ivanhoe.

February 5, 2018

Pile-of-cash dilemma for mining industry once crippled by slump

With metals from zinc to palladium trading at multi-year highs, four of the world’s top producers generated combined free cash flow last year of about $87 million a day.

February 5, 2018

Randgold doubles dividend as CEO charges against DRC mining code

Randgold boosted divvy to $2 a share, after a year of record production and soaring profits, but warned the good times may be over soon as it’s now facing demanding…

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

Rio Tinto back in race for stake in world’s largest lithium miner

Rio’s renewed interest in SQM is welcome by the Chilean government, which had expressed concerns about a potential and dangerous concentration in the market should major lithium producers, such as…

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

Electric cars and niche metals lure cash to Africa’s mines

Here are five metals grabbing attention across the continent.

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.

January 31, 2018

Congo just gave the cobalt price another big boost

DRC stuns miners with immediate lifting of 10-year exemption for licensees, 50% tax on 'super-profits' and code permitting 5-fold increase in cobalt royalty.