May 22, 2024 Lawyers representing Congo claim to have new evidence on Apple’s use of conflict minerals Apple has said in the past that it does not directly buy, procure or source primary minerals, and it has been auditing its suppliers for several years.
May 22, 2024 Fortescue excluded from world’s biggest hydropower plant development The Grand Inga has long faced headwinds because of Congo’s history of corruption and the expected cost of the multiphase project.
May 22, 2024 Zimbabwe’s central bank gold reserves to back ZiG currency rise The ZiG, short for Zimbabwe Gold, launched April 5 is backed by 2.5 tons of gold and $100 million in foreign currency reserves.
May 22, 2024 Harmony Gold reports fatality at South Africa mine At least 54 workers died in mining-related accidents in South Africa last year.
May 22, 2024 Anglo American rejects BHP’s third bid, extends deadline Anglo has left the door open for BHP as it agreed to grant it a one-week extension to table a binding offer.
May 22, 2024 Anglo’s second largest investor demands BHP bid revision Petition by South Africa's Public Investment Corporation (PIC), which owns a roughly 7% stake in Anglo, comes just hours before bid deadline.
May 21, 2024 Ma’aden extracts lithium from seawater The Saudi Arabia project is still a pilot and not yet at commercially viable levels, Ma'aden's CEO said.
May 21, 2024 Zimbabwe to start gold-tracing system in bid to curb smuggling Zimbabwe loses about $1.5 billion annually to smuggling of the precious metal.
May 20, 2024 Get real: Copper price record was 56 years ago Jeff Currie: Add AI data centers and military demand to green capex and copper should soon test 1968 levels of $15,000 inflation adjusted.
May 20, 2024 Anglo shareholder LGIM supports break-up plan as BHP circles LGIM is among Anglo's biggest investors with a stake of about 2%.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
