June 17, 2022 Congo miner threatens to seize cobalt project from Chinese partner Gecamines, which owns 20% of the Tenke Fungurume mine, has accused CMOC of manipulating the project’s finances.
June 17, 2022 Sinomine invests $200m in Zimbabwe lithium project The southern African country holds some of the world's largest deposits of lithium.
June 17, 2022 Miners must invest in critical minerals or risk energy transition – report The world's largest miners are in excellent financial shape to lead global transition to clean energy, says PwC.
June 15, 2022 Yamana expects to turn Gold Fields skeptics into deal believers “It will become very obvious that this is two pieces of a puzzle that fit nicely together,” said Yamana’s executive chairman, Peter Marrone.
June 15, 2022 Zambia’s ZCCM-IH hires Rothschild & Co for Mopani Copper Mines restructuring Copper production at the more than 90-year-old mine and smelter complex has fallen and it has been struggling to pay suppliers on time.
June 14, 2022 Elemental Royalties, Altus Strategies merge, creating global gold royalty company Elemental Altus Group has a combined portfolio of 69 assets across 13 jurisdictions.
June 13, 2022 Gem Diamonds unearths 245-carat stone in Lesotho It is the third diamond of over 100 carats recovered from the Letšeng mine within the past three weeks.
June 13, 2022 Ghana seeking strategic partner to rebuild VALCO aluminum smelter Ghana is on a roadshow to find a strategic partner to rebuild state-owned smelter.
June 13, 2022 Sibanye to restart South Africa gold operations after signing wage deal Company said the wage deal would be effective from July 1 and the restart would be phased over three months.
June 12, 2022 South African trade unions sign wage deal with Sibanye Two South African trade unions have signed a three-year wage agreement with miner Sibanye Stillwater.
Codelco to produce 1.344mt of copper in 2026, chairman says The company's lithium joint venture with SQM is expected to produce 250,000 tons in 2026, chairman Maximo Pacheco also said. January 12, 2026 | 07:13 am
Gecamines to buy 100,000t of copper from Tenke Fungurume mine The purchase represents 20% of TFM’s output, in line with Gecamines’ 20% shareholding. January 12, 2026 | 07:07 am
Japan launches world’s first deep-sea rare earth mining test Tokyo has begun a seabed mining trial near Minamitori Island as it seeks to cut reliance on Chinese rare earth supplies. January 12, 2026 | 05:13 am