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.