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.
April 11, 2022 Ivanhoe’s Congo copper mine hits record production Kamoa-Kakula produced 55,602 tonnes of copper in the first quarter of 2022, reaching a monthly all-time-high of 19,605 tonnes of copper in March.
April 11, 2022 Asia unlikely to rescue Russian coal amid Europe ban There are already signs that Asia is likely to buy less Russian coal, rather than more, in coming months, writes Clyde Russell.
April 11, 2022 Palladium price set to rally for years on shortages, Impala Platinum says Prices of palladium and rhodium have risen more than 30% this year.
April 11, 2022 Glencore regains IPO price after 11 years on commodity rally Glencore's shares have surged 42% this year — a level the world’s biggest commodities trader had at times looked unlikely to ever regain.
April 9, 2022 Guinea asks bauxite miners to present local refinery plans by May The interim government of Guinea asked international mining companies to present plans to refine their bauxite production into alumina within the country by May 2022.
April 8, 2022 Rio Tinto’s board backs Simandou iron ore mine in Guinea Getting Simandou under development would be a second major win for Chief Executive Officer Jakob Stausholm.
Congo pitches new $29 billion iron ore and logistics project The first phase of the project would require the construction of heavy rail and transport on the Congo River. January 13, 2026 | 10:11 am
