September 16, 2022

Chinese investors plan $2.83 billion metals park in Zimbabwe

Battery-metals park that will process metals including lithium, platinum, and nickel, its latest plan to revive its moribund economy. 

September 15, 2022

After South African dam collapse, mine waste to be pumped into historical pit

An earlier decision to move the waste into the pit could have relieved pressure on the tailings dam which burst on Sunday morning.

September 15, 2022

Amplats unit takes Zimbabwe tax agency to court over $24m royalty dispute

In 2020, the government ordered miners to pay royalties in foreign currency.

September 15, 2022

Shallow-water mining in direct conflict with sustainability goals – study

Finnish researchers say that mineral mining alters habitats and causes local biodiversity loss in shallow-water species communities.

September 15, 2022

Tertiary Minerals, FQM team up to boost copper exploration in Zambia

The miners will work together to advance Tertiary’s Mukai and Mushima North project, in the country's north-west.

September 14, 2022

AngloGold earmarks $143 million for new tailings in Brazil

It will be Brazil's first large gold producer to have eliminated all upstream tailings at its assets in Minas Gerais and Goiás states.

September 14, 2022

Indonesia accounts for over 50% of deforestation caused by large-scale mining

Coal extraction in the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan drove the mining-related deforestation in the country.

September 14, 2022

Trevali managers found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in Burkina Faso

The sentences are related to a flash flood that trapped and killed eight miners in April at the company’s Perkoa zinc operation.

September 13, 2022

Petra Diamonds to pay dividends after three-year turnaround

CEO Richard Duffy said the results capped "the turnround begun three years ago” amid a diamond market that “remains broadly supportive.”

September 12, 2022

Fortuna finds more gold at Sunbird ahead of first gold at Seguela

Seguela will be Fortuna’s fifth mine, and is expected to produce 133,000 oz. gold a year.