January 4, 2026 Botswana to open embassy in Moscow, open up to Russia in rare earths and diamonds Russia is seeking to strengthen its foothold in Africa amid the wider confrontation with the West.
January 2, 2026 Ivanhoe Mines begins copper anode production at new Congo smelter The facility, with a steady-state capacity of 500,000 tonnes per annum, would be the largest in Africa once ramped up.
January 2, 2026 Chinese mining companies in Zambia start paying taxes in yuan Africa is emerging as a key arena in Beijing’s efforts to internationalize the yuan.
December 31, 2025 Congo to allow cobalt quotas for 2025 to be executed until March 31 Congo accounts for more than 70% of global mined cobalt production that was estimated by analysts at around 280,000 metric tons this year.
December 31, 2025 Gold price: Most popular stories of 2025 The running theme for gold in 2025 is breaking records.
December 30, 2025 South Africa’s last manganese smelter on the brink as high power costs weigh Transalloys CEO Konstantin Sadovnik says the business has been loss‑making for about three years.
December 30, 2025 Top stories of 2025 on MINING.COM Critical minerals and gold were the two big themes shaping the mining industry in 2025.
December 30, 2025 ISA rules leave seabed mining stuck without benefit sharing Legal experts say deep-sea mining cannot start until the ISA agrees how profits from the global seabed would be shared.
December 29, 2025 Copper price plunges in New York after hitting new high in London Wild swings in the copper price continues going into 2026 after a 35% rise this year.
December 29, 2025 Axis sues Guinea for $29B over bauxite permit revocation The UAE-based miner says Guinea unlawfully revoked its licence and seized assets as the military government tightens control of mining.
Energy storage boom strengthens demand outlook for beaten-down lithium The data centre building boom in China and globally has also driven growing power storage demand for lithium, analyst says. January 04, 2026 | 05:54 pm
Korea Zinc revises share issuance for US smelter to $1.94 billion The $1.94 billion would fund the establishment of a non-ferrous metal smelter for the production of core minerals such as antimony and gallium. January 04, 2026 | 11:55 am
Ganfeng Lithium says it may face insider-trading charges In a statement published in July 2024, Ganfeng said it had traded shares of Jiangxi Special Electric Motor Co. in 2020 using insider information. January 04, 2026 | 09:02 am