February 5, 2018 Pile-of-cash dilemma for mining industry once crippled by slump With metals from zinc to palladium trading at multi-year highs, four of the world’s top producers generated combined free cash flow last year of about $87 million a day.
February 5, 2018 Randgold doubles dividend as CEO charges against DRC mining code Randgold boosted divvy to $2 a share, after a year of record production and soaring profits, but warned the good times may be over soon as it’s now facing demanding…
February 4, 2018 Randgold calls Congo’s new mining code “draconian” Mark Bristow says the law will “severely limit the growth of the mining industry in the DRC as well as the country's own economic prospects.”
February 2, 2018 Electric cars and niche metals lure cash to Africa’s mines Here are five metals grabbing attention across the continent.
February 1, 2018 Glencore says copper output will rise as Katanga ramps up The Katanga mine in Democratic Republic of Congo likely to add roughly 150,000 tonnes of copper and 11,600 tonnes of cobalt in 2018.
January 31, 2018 Congo just gave the cobalt price another big boost DRC stuns miners with immediate lifting of 10-year exemption for licensees, 50% tax on 'super-profits' and code permitting 5-fold increase in cobalt royalty.
January 30, 2018 Bidders for $500m Canada streaming deal as cobalt price surges–report Reuters reports Vale has hired bankers to put together world's first ever cobalt streaming deal worth up to $500 million at its Voisey's Bay mine in Canada.
January 26, 2018 Best-performing battery metal of the past year isn’t cobalt A metal that’s in demand for batteries is surging, and it’s not the one everyone’s talking about.
January 24, 2018 Congo mining code passes Senate without opposition DRC's proposed mining code, which industry has warned will stifle investment in the copper and cobalt-rich nation, sailed through Senate without opposition.
January 24, 2018 Vancouver junior surges 60% after Africa cobalt deal Newly renamed M2 Cobalt snags seven licences in Uganda covering 1,500 square kilometres as investors bet cobalt price rally will continue.
SolGold agrees to $1.2 billion takeover by top investor Jiangxi Copper This was Jiangxi's third proposal to acquire the company. December 24, 2025 | 08:03 am
