December 3, 2024 Gem Diamonds unveils cost-savings plan for Lesotho mine Revised life-of-mine plan will reduce total waste stripping by 65.8 million tonnes, leading to an estimated cost saving of $180 million.
December 3, 2024 Northern Star seals global gold major status with Hemi buy Northern Star portfolio will benefit from adding Hemi, one of the world's premier undeveloped gold projects.
December 3, 2024 Zijin takes control of Pan American’s gold mine in Peru Pan American no longer owns the mine but retains the right to 60% of future copper concentrate from La Arena II.
December 2, 2024 UN to deploy satellite-based monitoring to strengthen global mining safety standards World Mine Tailings Failures predicts 13 catastrophic TSF failures between 2025 – 2029.
December 2, 2024 Aya pours first silver from new mill at Zgounder Located in the Anti-Atlas mountains of west-central Morocco, Zgounder is considered the second most important silver producer in the kingdom.
December 2, 2024 Condor Gold shares surge on takeover approaches The company reported nonbinding takeover approaches from Calibre Mining and Metals Exploration.
December 2, 2024 Seabridge’s KSM copper-gold project in British Columbia faces another challenge Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission voiced the latest objection to development of the copper-gold project.
December 2, 2024 Iamgold reclaims 70% stake in Côté gold mine Côté will be Canada's third-largest gold operation once at full tilt.
December 2, 2024 De Beers closes 2024 with huge price cuts The world’s largest diamond producer by value has reportedly cut prices between 10% and 15% across the board.
December 1, 2024 Peru names Jorge Montero as minister of mines and energy Montero served as Peru's vice minister of mines from November 2020 to August 2021.
Gabon to audit mining deals as reforms start amid IMF talks As part of discussions with the multilateral lender, President Brice Oligui Nguema “has demanded the full publication of all mining agreements". December 19, 2025 | 10:51 am
