December 10, 2018 Congo’s Gecamines to boost stake in Boss Mining JV to 49% The state miner is moving to increase its take from joint ventures with international miners such as Glencore and China Molybdenum, which it accuses of not bringing enough money to…
December 9, 2018 Importance of rare earth metals mining makes it into COP24 Experts agree that resources are the missing link in the climate debate.
December 5, 2018 Congo mining revenues jump 147% in first 9 months of 2018 DRC has collected $1.21 billion in revenues from its mining sector over the first nine months of 2018.
December 5, 2018 Vancouver miner buys cobalt-vanadium-uranium project in Saskatchewan Searchlight Resources wants to take advantage of the increased interest in battery technology.
December 3, 2018 Trade truce lights fire under mining stocks Relief that an escalation in the trade war between the US and China has been avoided – at least for now – sparked a huge rally in mining stocks on…
December 3, 2018 Cobalt’s star fades for Glencore traders as customers renege From riding high on cobalt’s boom, Glencore Plc traders are feeling the heat as falling prices and reneged contracts put a dent in profit.
December 3, 2018 Congo triples levy on cobalt with strategic-minerals decree Congo is Africa's top copper producer and mines more than 60 percent of the world's cobalt
December 3, 2018 Congo state miner in production-sharing deal with Chinese firm Production sharing agreements align the interests of the two partners because the risk now weighs more on the investor than on Gecamines.
December 3, 2018 Management shake-up at Glencore costs copper chief Mistakidis his job Company veteran and coal chief Peter Freyberg, has been appointed as the head of industrial mining assets, a newly created role.
November 29, 2018 Congo state miner blames foreign investors for underdevelopment Congo is Africa’s biggest copper producer and the world’s largest source of cobalt.
GRAPHIC-Gold and silver soar in year-end rally Investors have not treated the festive break as an occasion to take profits. December 22, 2025 | 12:08 pm
