November 8, 2022 South Africa seeks to end security threat to key coal rail line A train carrying coal on the North Corridor line that runs from inland deposits of the fuel to the Richards Bay Coal Terminal derailed near Ulundi in Kwazulu-Natal province on…
November 8, 2022 Zimbabwe’s new mineral royalty policy comes into force The government plans to start collecting half of the royalties from gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, and lithium.
November 8, 2022 Harmony Gold reports mine fatality at Tshepong North mine The accident took place on Nov. 7 and internal investigations are underway.
November 8, 2022 Agnico Eagle, Pan American to buy Yamana Gold in $4.8bn deal Gold Fields has terminated its agreement with Yamana after deciding not to raise its offer for the Canadian gold miner.
November 7, 2022 COP27: We’re on a highway to climate hell, UN boss says "Humanity has a choice: cooperate or perish,” United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told delegates gathered in Egypt.
November 7, 2022 Petra Diamonds halts Williamson mine in Tanzania after dam breach Operations were suspended after a wall of the tailings storage facility was breached, causing flooding in nearby areas.
November 7, 2022 Gold Fields won’t raise offer for Yamana Gold after rival bid Gold Fields is sticking to its offer for Yamana Gold despite Pan American and Agnico Eagle's unexpected and unsolicited $4.8 billion bid.
November 4, 2022 Buying conflict-free tin and coltan out of Congo just got harder The Responsible Minerals Initiative said this week that its auditing process won’t recognize the findings of the International Tin Supply Chain Initiative without companies doing extra due diligence on the…
November 4, 2022 Pan American and Agnico Eagle enter bidding war for Yamana Gold Fields, which offered to buy Yamana at the end of May, has five business days to match.
November 3, 2022 UK court fines Glencore $308 million for bribing its way across Africa The UK Serious Fraud Office showed how Glencore paid more than $28 million in bribes across five African countries over five years to 2016.
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