August 22, 2024

Copper exports from DRC to the US begin via Lobito Atlantic Railway

A cargo of copper cathodes is headed to Baltimore after arriving by train at the port of Lobito in Angola on Monday.

August 22, 2024

Perseus gets $45m cash injection with sale of Montage Gold stake

The sale would help strengthen its balance sheet following the recent purchase of a strategic stake in Australia's Predictive Discovery.

August 22, 2024

Column: Cobalt supply tsunami hits the market of last resort

Someone delivered 23 metric tons of cobalt to London Metal Exchange warehouses last month.

August 22, 2024

Lucara finds world’s 2nd largest diamond ever mined

The “epic” diamond, as Lucara put it, was detected thanks to a special recovery technology, installed in 2017.

August 21, 2024

JV video: Dundee’s Clevr tech avoids cyanide in gold processing alternative

The new technologies come as the mining industry faces increasing pressure to adopt safer and more sustainable practices.

August 21, 2024

Sibanye finalizes $101m gold prepayment deal, refinances credit facility

The metals producer's profits tumbled $2 billion last year due to lower prices.

August 20, 2024

Zimbabwe bans riverbed mining to protect water sources

Since 2011, the southern African country has allowed large scale and mechanical alluvial mining which has resulted in water pollution.

August 20, 2024

Heavy rains to threaten 25% of copper projects by 2050

Verisk Maplecroft predicts that by mid-century, a quarter of global copper projects will be affected by extreme precipitation.

August 20, 2024

Arab Gulf States double down mining efforts

The Arab Gulf states, particularly Saudi Arabia and the UAE, are intensifying their focus on the mining sector to secure their economic futures.

August 19, 2024

VIDEO: There’s a “disconnect between junior equity prices and the gold price” — Gold Fields CEO  

CEO Mark Fraser said one of the challenges in the sector is that junior developers are not seeing real value of the gold price reflected in their equities.