May 11, 2022

Vedanta agrees to suspend lawsuits over Zambia copper mines

Konkola Copper Mines was placed under provisional liquidation after the previous Zambian government accused parent company Vedanta of lying about expansion plans and paying too little tax.

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.