July 20, 2023 Impala wins RBPlat bid battle as Northam sells stake The company has won a protracted battle for control of miner Royal Bafokeng Platinum after bid rival Northam Platinum sold its stake.
July 19, 2023 Some US companies not filing conflict-mineral reports, GAO says The SEC obliges companies to file reports on whether their products may include gold, tin, tantalum or tungsten from the DRC its nine neighboring countries.
July 19, 2023 Mali gold mining revenue rose by 35% in 2022 Gold mining is a pillar of the country's economy, accounting for about 9% of gross domestic product in 2021 and 2022.
July 19, 2023 Zimbabwe’s $1 billion lithium plan faces setback as Chinese partner cuts stake South Africa’s Moti Group said a Chinese company with which it planned to develop a lithium processing plant was halving its stake in the venture.
July 19, 2023 No more plundering: Can Africa take control in green mineral rush? Governments have increasingly restricted or banned mineral exports in a bid to boost processing and retain more of the gains.
July 18, 2023 Tanzania unlawfully expropriated Ntaka Hill nickel project, tribunal finds, awards miner $109m Indiana Resources delivered notices to Tanzanian authorities in 2020 over the amendments that canceled retention licenses prior to 2018.
July 18, 2023 Lucara underground Karowe diamond mine cost jumps 25% to $683m Underground production will be delayed to the first half of 2028, rather than the second half of 2026.
July 18, 2023 UAE delegation signs $1.9 billion mining partnership with Congo The partnership will make it possible to set up more than four industrial mines, the president’s office said.
July 18, 2023 CMOC agrees to pay $800 million to end row with Congo’s Gecamines News comes after CMOC's resumed copper, cobalt exports
July 18, 2023 GoviEx Uranium triples M+I resources at Zambia project The updated mineral resource is the result of extensive infill drilling, including 8,010 metres drilled in 2021 and a further 19,990 metres drilling in 2022.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am