June 25, 2023

Copying-pasting shallow mine designs increases risks in mass underground mines – expert

University of Queensland cave mining expert Andre van As says rushing the development of super-deep mines may lead to massive financial losses.

June 24, 2023

Eskom allowed to sidestep pollution reduction rules at key plant

Eskom has been given permission to bypass pollution abatement equipment at the Kusile coal power station in South Africa.

June 23, 2023

Mining deal-making declines, but Beaty and others see opportunities  

As the value of mining industry mergers and acquisitions falls from last year’s high, some investors see divergent trends moderating conditions.  

June 23, 2023

South Africa investigating deaths of 31 people in illegal mine

Victims died in a ventilation shaft in Virginia mine in Welkom city.

June 23, 2023

Methane gas explosion killed 31 in disused South African mine

Harmony Gold, the previous mine owner, said the incident was a criminal matter, which it handed over to police for further investigation.

June 22, 2023

NextSource begins graphite production in Madagascar

Phase one of operations at Molo are being optimized to reach the mine's nameplate production capacity of 17,000 tpa of graphite concentrate.

June 21, 2023

B2Gold grows indicated ounces at Anaconda area near Fekola by 80%

Total resources in the indicated category are estimated at 57.1 million tonnes grading 1.11 g/t gold, for approximately 2 million gold ounces.

June 19, 2023

Four firms shortlisted in race to buy Zambia’s Mopani Copper Mines

China's Zijin Mining and Norinco Group, South Africa's Sibanye Stillwater and an investment vehicle owned by ex-Glencore officials have been shortlisted in the race.

June 19, 2023

Deep-South stock soars as it gets Namibia copper licence reinstated

The Haib copper deposit has an after-tax NPV (at a 7.5% discount rate) of $957 million and IRR of 29.7%.

June 19, 2023

Namibia seeks to tap resource potential after lithium ore ban

The southern African nation last week banned exports of unprocessed lithium and other critical minerals.