October 28, 2024

Diamond-rich Botswana votes with President Masisi seeking second term

Botswana will hold a general election on Wednesday with President Mokgweetsi Masisi competing against three challengers for a second term.

October 28, 2024

Osisko acquisition boosts Gold Fields’ growth strategy

The deal makes Gold Fields the sole owner of the key Windfall project in Quebec.

October 25, 2024

Resource nationalism and political instability: Strategies for risk management

The resurgence of resource nationalism—particularly in countries experiencing political upheaval, poses a major risk to the ambitions of foreign mining companies and the battery revolution.

October 25, 2024

Mali threatens to let Barrick mine permit lapse over dispute

Barrick's Loulo mine permit is currently set to expire in 2026.

October 25, 2024

China to offer Taliban tariff-free trade as it inches closer to isolated resource-rich regime

Selling Afghanistan's lithium, copper and iron deposits to feed China's enormous battery and construction industries would help the Taliban prop up their economy.

October 25, 2024

Thungela CEO sees world shunning new coal as boon for existing mines

New coal investment may be drying up, but for miners like Thungela that could be a boon if Asia's ravenous appetite keeps prices bouyant.

October 24, 2024

Mali accuses Barrick Gold of breaching agreement, miner denies claims

Mali's economy and mines ministries said Barrick had "not honoured the commitments to which it subscribed in the agreement."

October 24, 2024

Can Anglo’s copper pivot help thwart renewed takeover bid?

Any potential new bid should come when some of the restructuring is expected to completed by June or July next year.

October 24, 2024

First Quantum confirms talks over Zambian assets

Potential deal with unnamed company is estimated to be worth between $1.5 billion and $2 billion.

October 24, 2024

NextSource ships first Madagascar graphite to global markets

The graphite concentrate comes from the Molo mine and is destined to Germany and the US under agreements.