January 5, 2024 Zimbabwe gold mine collapse leaves 11 miners trapped Workers are trapped in an underground shaft after a ground collapse at Zimbabwe's Redwing Mine.
January 4, 2024 Endeavour Mining says it fired CEO for ‘serious misconduct’ The removal of Sébastien de Montessus follows an investigation by the board into an irregular payment instruction of $5.9 million issued by him.
January 4, 2024 CMOC takes Glencore’s cobalt crown as output jumps 170% Hong Kong-listed CMOC produced 55,526 tons of cobalt in 2023, it said in a filing.
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.
Ganfeng Lithium says it may face insider-trading charges In a statement published in July 2024, Ganfeng said it had traded shares of Jiangxi Special Electric Motor Co. in 2020 using insider information. January 04, 2026 | 09:02 am
Botswana to open embassy in Moscow, open up to Russia in rare earths and diamonds Russia is seeking to strengthen its foothold in Africa amid the wider confrontation with the West. January 04, 2026 | 08:52 am
Coronado’s Curragh mining suspension adds to financial woes A roof collapse occurred at about 3 p.m. local time Friday at Curragh’s Mammoth underground mine. January 03, 2026 | 07:53 pm
