May 11, 2022 Vedanta agrees to suspend lawsuits over Zambia copper mines Konkola Copper Mines was placed under provisional liquidation after the previous Zambian government accused parent company Vedanta of lying about expansion plans and paying too little tax.
May 11, 2022 Congo mines minister seeks to cancel artisanal cobalt monopoly A unit of state mining company Gecamines, EGC was created to buy, process, and market artisanal cobalt by government decree.
May 11, 2022 Column: Mining is key to the energy transition, but it’s still unloved The overwhelming message from miners and investors is that the situation is urgent, and getting worse, writes Clyde Russell.
May 10, 2022 Panama Commerce Minister with key mining contract role named US ambassador Ramon Martinez was the government's lead negotiator for a new contract with First Quantum.
May 10, 2022 A coal mining hub could decide Australia’s future A coal-mining community that has elected the same political party for more than a century could decide Australia’s next government this month.
May 10, 2022 Europe looking to get a million tonnes of coal annually from Botswana, says President Masisi Coal prices have more than doubled since the beginning of the year.
May 10, 2022 Barrick Gold eyes more copper assets in Africa The gold giant is searching for copper projects in both Zambia and the DRC buoyed by a looming deficit and high prices for the metal.
May 9, 2022 Zambia ends legal spat with Vedanta over seized copper mines Vedanta’s Konkola Copper Mines was placed under provisional liquidation in 2019 after the previous Zambian government alleged that the company had lied about expansion plans and paid too little tax.
May 9, 2022 US lifts tariffs on Ukrainian steel in symbolic move The duties being suspended were put into place by former President Donald Trump, who in 2018 imposed a 25% tariff on all steel imports.
May 9, 2022 Gold price extends decline as dollar rallies to 20-year high Coming off a run of three straight weekly losses, gold prices declined another 1%.
Vale’s iron ore output hits seven-year high in 2025, surpassing Rio Tinto’s Pilbara Vale's iron ore production for 2025 reached 336.1 million tons, up 2.6% from the previous year. January 27, 2026 | 02:18 pm
