April 18, 2022 Syrah Resources gets $107m loan for Louisiana EV battery plant Syrah has a deal to supply anodes to Tesla starting in 2024.
April 18, 2022 Eight workers missing at Trevali’s Perkoa mine in Burkina Faso as flooding suspends operations The mine was evacuated, and rescue efforts are ongoing with support from the government, local communities and other mining companies in the area.
April 18, 2022 Top 50 mining companies power through covid adding $1 trillion in value Buoyant lithium, copper and gold prices lift value of top 50 mining stocks $1 trillion above covid lows – Russian miners prove resilient.
April 14, 2022 Transnet declares force majeure on coal contracts, Thungela says Thungela said Transnet "expressed a desire" to terminate its long-term transportation agreements with coal exporters.
April 13, 2022 Uganda seeks investors to revive copper mine The Kilembe mine is estimated to contain about four-million tonnes of ore.
April 12, 2022 Guinea junta turns up the heat on bauxite miners Guinea shipments at an all-time high but local value-adding a problem – report.
April 12, 2022 South Africa sets $900 million annual mineral exploration target While South Africa was the world’s biggest producer of gold for decades, production has slumped as its deposits get deeper and more expensive to access.
April 12, 2022 South African unions start wage talks with platinum miners Negotiations started with Anglo American Platinum last week and more talks are planned.
April 12, 2022 Glencore to supply cobalt to GM in multi-year deal General Motors will use cobalt from Glencore's Murrin Murrin operation in Australia in the batteries that power its EVs.
April 11, 2022 Western Australia is world’s new top mining destination The resource-rich state replaced Nevada as most attractive region for mining investment in 2021, says the Fraser Institute.
B2Gold’s Johnson channels global experience B2Gold ends the year after seamlessly pivoting from launching Canada’s newest Arctic gold mine to complex talks in strife-torn Africa. December 26, 2025 | 06:50 am
