June 9, 2023 Ghana returns to gold top spot as output jumps 32% Ghana lost the position to South Africa in 2021 after a drastic fall in output.
June 9, 2023 Altona Rare Earths shares start trading in London Altona, which is advancing the Monte Muambe rare earths project in northwest Mozambique, raised $2.5 million.
June 9, 2023 Hummingbird Resources pours first gold at Kouroussa mine in Guinea Kouroussa, Hummingbird’s second operating mine in Africa, will ramp up to commercial production during the second half of 2023.
June 8, 2023 Namibia bans export of unprocessed critical minerals The southern African country has significant deposits of lithium as well as rare earth minerals.
June 8, 2023 CHARTS: Copper mining profits top $100 billion a year, but where are the new mines? Copper mining company profits topped $100 billion two years in a row, but building a new mine now takes on average 16 years.
June 8, 2023 Top South Africa fund bets on platinum as power cuts hit miners Coronation Fund Managers has reduced the Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. and Northam Platinum Holdings Ltd. shares in its resources fund this year.
June 8, 2023 BHP’s Xplor looking for more copper, nickel exploration projects BHP Xplor’s VP Sonia Scarselli says demand-supply equation for other battery metals is not as stretched as that for those two metals.
June 7, 2023 ERG asks Congo to lift copper unit ban, denies pollution charge Eurasian Resources Group has asked authorities to reconsider a ban imposed on its Boss Mining unit's copper and cobalt operations.
June 7, 2023 Cameroon to start building railway to disputed iron ore project in August It signed a deal with two China-linked companies in June 2021 to construct the railway, despite facing legal action from Australia's Sundance Resources.
June 7, 2023 Petra Diamonds flags revenue hit as it defers sale to August It said the move followed “a temporary slowdown” in the rough diamonds market caused by elevated inventory in the mid-stream sector.
Silver price suffers biggest loss since 2021, gold price falls from record Earlier, spot prices had soared to as high as $83.63 per ounce. December 29, 2025 | 08:54 am