May 11, 2022 Congo mines minister seeks to cancel artisanal cobalt monopoly A unit of state mining company Gecamines, EGC was created to buy, process, and market artisanal cobalt by government decree.
May 11, 2022 Robert Friedland: ‘World economy can’t change unless we develop a lot more mines’ Ivanhoe chief Friedland highlights Africa and the Arabian Shield as critically important venues for responsible green mining.
May 11, 2022 African leaders talk up policy reform and regional cooperation Africa has a generational opportunity to partake in the emerging green economy, the African Mining Indaba hears.
May 10, 2022 Africa’s accelerated energy transition should leave no-one behind Africa faces a generational opportunity to create new supply chains drawing upon its 'Aladdin's cave’- like endowment of mineral wealth, panel hears.
May 10, 2022 Europe looking to get a million tonnes of coal annually from Botswana, says President Masisi Coal prices have more than doubled since the beginning of the year.
May 10, 2022 Mining Indaba: Marampa commissions 3.25mtpa iron ore expansion in Sierra Leone Iron ore concentrate expansion part of a high-grade Marampa Blue product that could help reduce carbon emissions.
May 10, 2022 Barrick Gold eyes more copper assets in Africa The gold giant is searching for copper projects in both Zambia and the DRC buoyed by a looming deficit and high prices for the metal.
May 9, 2022 GRAPH: Nickel, graphite make up half Tesla’s battery emissions Nickel’s contribution is greater than cathode and cell assembly combined, says Tesla’s new ESG report, but cobalt’s impact is minimal.
May 9, 2022 Zambia ends legal spat with Vedanta over seized copper mines Vedanta’s Konkola Copper Mines was placed under provisional liquidation in 2019 after the previous Zambian government alleged that the company had lied about expansion plans and paid too little tax.
May 9, 2022 No trace of missing workers from Trevali’s flood-hit mine, three weeks later Eight underground miners went missing on April 16 at its Perkoa zinc mine in Burkina Faso after flooding caused by heavy rainfall disrupted operations.
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
