November 6, 2023

Botswana conducts due diligence on HB Antwerp stake, president says

At the height of talks for a new sales contract with De Beers in March, Botswana announced a deal to become a shareholder in HB Antwerp.

November 6, 2023

Billionaire-owned Vedanta seals Zambian copper assets deal

Vedanta and the Zambian government have sealed an agreement that restores the Indian company's ownership of Konkola Copper Mines.

November 6, 2023

Asante Gold announces extension to Grasshopper pit resource at Bibiani mine in Ghana

Constrained indicated resources amounted to 1.88 million tonnes averaging 1.04 grams per tonne for 56,500 oz. of contained gold.

November 6, 2023

Ivanhoe records $108m third-quarter profit, shares up

The Kamoa-Kakula copper complex sold 96,509 tonnes of payable copper in Q3 2023.

November 6, 2023

Zimbabwean miners set for big profit slump next year – report

Last year Zimbabwe tripled the royalties platinum miners must pay the government to 7% and more than doubled those for lithium to 5%.

November 4, 2023

Vedanta posts loss on higher tax outgo and weak zinc prices

The Indian unit of billionaire Anil Agarwal swung to a loss of $214 million in three months to September.

November 2, 2023

China’s grip on Africa’s minerals sparks a US response

As part of its stated ambition to challenge China’s dominance, the Biden administration saw an opportunity to revitalize a century-old rail line linking key African mines to an Atlantic Ocean…

November 2, 2023

De Beers agrees five-year wage deal with S.African union

The agreement also allows for participation in Anglo American employee share ownership plans.

November 2, 2023

Kamoa-Kakula confirmed as world’s lowest carbon-emitting major copper mine

On a Scope 1 and 2 basis, Kamoa-Kakula's GHG emissions intensity in 2022 was 0.16 equivalent tonnes of carbon dioxide per tonne of contained copper produced.

November 2, 2023

Sibanye-Stillwater eyes cuts at US mines on weak palladium prices

It warned of further changes at its palladium mines in the US as prices for the main PGMs have fallen faster than it anticipated.