November 27, 2018 Nigeria awards mining exploration contract to 10 mining, consulting firms Nigeria, Africa's top crude oil producer, is aiming to diversify its economy by developing other industries such as mining through various incentives.
November 26, 2018 Venezuela pays miner $425m in move to safeguard Citgo If the required steps to fully implement the amended settlement do not take place Crystallex will go back to court to seize assets linked to Citgo.
November 26, 2018 Goldman predicts commodities will soar in 2019 as oil, gold climb Many of the political uncertainties weighing on commodity markets have a significant chance of being addressed in Buenos Aires.
November 26, 2018 Saudi Arabia targets $64B in mining revenue by 2030 Mining vast untapped reserves of bauxite, phosphate, gold, copper and uranium is key to the Saudi Arabia's efforts to diversify its economy away from hydrocarbons.
November 26, 2018 MacMines Australia gets environmental nod for mega coal mine in Queensland The company's 20,000-hectare China Stone thermal coal project is expected to produce 38 million tonnes of coal annually.
November 26, 2018 Rio Tinto sells stake in Rossing uranium mine to China The company is selling its 69%-stake in Rossing Uranium Limited, which owns the Namibian mine, to China National Uranium Corporation (CNUC).
November 23, 2018 Oil heads for seventh weekly loss on signs of global supply glut Demand for Saudi crude may be lower in January compared with December - Khalid Al-Falih
November 23, 2018 UK’s Banks Mining wins challenge to government rejection of new coal mine Britain's High Court quashed the government's rejection of the new mine on the grounds that the minister did not provide adequate evidence for his decision.
November 22, 2018 Saudi Arabia says new mining project to increase non-oil GDP by 3% King Salman inaugurated the Waad Al-Shamaal mining project, which is expected to boost the kingdom's GDP by $6.4 billion and its non-oil GDP by 3%.
November 22, 2018 Sibanye shuts gold mines in South Africa as strike turns violent Operations at Driefontein, Kloof and Beatrix mines were halted late on Wednesday.
Super Copper’s Cordillera project approved by Chile’s National Mining Authority The concessions cover approximately 6,858 hectares in the Atacama copper belt. December 24, 2025 | 11:24 am
