September 25, 2025

Zijin becomes world’s No. 3 miner after reaching $100B valuation

Zijin joins mining heavyweights BHP and Rio Tinto, which have market caps of $140 billion and $111 billion, respectively.

September 24, 2025

Congo sticking to cobalt export quotas, keen to boost processing

Miners will be allowed to ship up to 18,125 tons of cobalt for the rest of 2025, with annual caps of 96,600 tons in 2026 and 2027.

September 24, 2025

Appian sells polymetallic royalty, silver stream to Versamet

The sale comprises a 2.75% NSR on the Santa Rita polymetallic mine in Brazil and a 90% silver stream on the Rosh Pinah mine in Namibia.

September 24, 2025

Chemaf to cease operations without investor

Chemaf put itself up for sale more than two years ago after financial troubles left the company unable to complete development projects.

September 24, 2025

Angola joins race for stake in De Beers

Angola seeks a minority stake to create a pan-African ownership model, preventing any single country from dominating De Beers.

September 23, 2025

Kinross sells entire stake in Asante Gold

The second sale comes a week after Asante reported mixed results for the second quarter of fiscal 2026.

September 23, 2025

Ghana study warns of hazardous toxin levels linked to mining as artisanal gold output soars

Soil readings in some areas have reached 134 times amounts deemed to be safe, a government-backed study has found.

September 23, 2025

Appian secures $150M for Namibia zinc mine expansion

Debt facility from Standard Bank will cover the remaining construction costs of the Rosh Pinah zinc mine extension.

September 23, 2025

Botswana seeks to secure control of De Beers by October

President Duma Boko said his government is in talks with partners, including Oman’s sovereign wealth fund, to help finance the deal.

September 22, 2025

Newmont pours first gold at Ahafo North project in Ghana

The project will add more than three million ounces of gold production over an initial 13-year mine life.