October 22, 2020 Protesters sit-in at Vale dam burst site, demand aid extension Roughly 150 demonstrators staged a sit-in at the Brazilian miner's administrative building in Brumadinho.
October 22, 2020 The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame announces 2021 inductees The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame will welcome five new members at its July 2021 gala dinner and induction ceremony in Toronto.
October 22, 2020 Implats says workers suffer minor injuries in Rustenberg ‘incident’ Company said its ore transport system fell at a shaft, resulting in some workers sustaining minor injuries and a halt in haulage.
October 22, 2020 Petra to sell blue diamonds recovered at Cullinan The South African miner launched the Letlapa Tala Collection, which means ‘blue rock’ in Northern Sotho.
October 21, 2020 Over $1 trillion needed for energy transition metals In a new report, Wood Mackenzie says governments across the world are using stimulus packages to accelerate their decarbonisation journeys.
October 21, 2020 Centamin shares dive on production cut Shares fell over 20% after the company announced its production would be lower than forecasted next year.
October 21, 2020 Caledonia said to eye one of Zimbabwe’s largest mines The Jersey-based gold producer is weighing an acquisition of Bilboes Gold Ltd.’s Isabella-McCays-Bubi mines, in northwest Zimbabwe, according to a person familiar with the details.
October 21, 2020 Anglo American sued for alleged lead poisoning in Zambia Class action claims there are more than 100,000 in Kabwe who are likely to have suffered lead poisoning as a result of pollution caused by Anglo.
October 21, 2020 Nordgold matches Shandong Gold’s offer for Cardinal in takeover battle Nordgold refuses to give up the fight for Cardinal Resources; it has now offered A$1 per share.
October 21, 2020 Miners speed up automation as covid-19 impacts linger About 20% of people currently working in the mining and metals industry are at risk of being replaced by robots, says the the World Economic Forum.
Copper price heads toward $12,000 a ton as banks predict further gains With year-end approaching, copper on the London Metal Exchange is up nearly 40%, marking its biggest annual gain since 2009. December 22, 2025 | 07:00 am
