May 23, 2024 Zimbabwe state miner says lithium assets attract investors Kuvimba has identified a lithium ore resource of 38 million tons at Sandawana, the site of a mothballed emerald mine formerly run by Rio Tinto.
May 23, 2024 South32 CEO Kerr says open to buying joint Anglo American manganese assets South32 has been one of the most active miners in buying and selling assets.
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.
Silver price suffers biggest loss since 2021, gold price falls from record Earlier, spot prices had soared to as high as $83.63 per ounce. December 29, 2025 | 08:54 am
