May 29, 2024 BHP walks away from proposed $49bn takeover of Anglo American Less than an hour before the 5 p.m. UK cut off, BHP confirmed it had failed to secure Anglo’s board backing and would not proceed with the takeover.
May 28, 2024 Copper price: the squeeze has been squoze A deeper copper price correction is likely and a new report makes predictions of $40,000/t seem even sillier than they were a week ago.
May 28, 2024 Ivanhoe completes Phase 3 concentrator at Kamoa-Kakula ahead of schedule The first concentrate is expected in early June.
May 28, 2024 BHP and Anglo remain split on South Africa as time runs out BHP has until 5 p.m. London on Wednesday to commit to an offer.
May 28, 2024 Lucapa recovers 195-carat diamond from Lulo mine The diamond is the sixth largest and the 44th +100 carat stone to be recovered from the Lulo mine in Angola.
May 28, 2024 Sibanye shareholders back conversion of $500 million of bonds to shares Sibanye issued the convertible bonds in November last year, partly to fund the $156 million acquisition of a US-based recycling business.
May 28, 2024 Post-Covid, China is back in Africa and doubling down on minerals Chinese investment in Africa increased 114% last year.
May 27, 2024 South African Shell-BP refinery purchase raises clean-up concern State-owned Central Energy Fund has agreed to buy the 180,000-barrel-a-day Sapref plant for a symbolic price of one rand.
May 27, 2024 JPMorgan says BHP plan risks $4.3 billion South Africa outflow Such an outflow, if a deal goes ahead, could weaken the rand.
May 26, 2024 Electric mining vehicle industry’s value to reach $23 billion by 2044 – report A new IDTechEx report notes that large EV batteries and innovative fast-charging methods are driving the adoption of electric and autonomous mining vehicles.
British Columbia investor slapped with C$500,000 fine for mining misrepresentation The false claims included statements that the company was actively mining and producing a mineral. February 16, 2026 | 10:00 am
