January 4, 2024

Gold Fields reports employee death in accident at South Deep mine

Operations at the mine have been suspended.

January 3, 2024

Ivanhoe ships first copper through Angola via railway

Initial shipment of nearly 1,110 tonnes of Kamoa-Kakula's copper concentrate arrived at the Angolan port in eight days.

January 2, 2024

Gold Fields delays start of $1bn Chilean project until April

First gold production from the Salares Norte project in Chile is now expected in the second quarter of the year.

January 2, 2024

Ionic Rare Earths granted mining licence in Uganda

The license clears the way for mining at the Makuutu project and marks the first large-scale mining license to be awarded in the country.

December 30, 2023

New Year’s resolutions for miners – 2024 

Timothy Foden, partner in international arbitration group at law firm Boies Schiller Flexner looks forward at legal challenges facing the mining industry.

December 28, 2023

Analysis: Gold set for further record prices in 2024 and 2025

Gold prices have been setting annual records for the past three years.

December 27, 2023

Silvercorp issues takeover offer for OreCorp

Canada’s Silvercorp Metals entered into a Bid Implementation Deed to acquire all of the shares it doesn’t already own of African gold developer OreCorp.

December 27, 2023

Guinea Alumina Corp will let Guinea use its fuel berth after blast

Despite the December 18 accident, the Guinea Alumina Corporation doesn't expect interruptions to its mining, rail and export activities.

December 22, 2023

Impala Platinum workers end Bafokeng mine underground sit-in

South African miners have been hit by a spate of underground sit-ins in recent months.

December 22, 2023

Abu Dhabi’s IRH to invest $1.1 billion in Mopani copper mine

Zambia had been seeking a new investor for Mopani since it took control of the assets from Glencore in 2021.