January 19, 2022 Trafigura signs $600m financing deal with Congo cobalt miner Chemaf The funds will help Chemaf complete the mechanisation of its Mutoshi cobalt and copper mine and solvent extraction- electrowinning processing plant in Kolwezi.
January 17, 2022 Key insights from the inaugural Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh The Future Minerals Forum recently heard Saudi Arabia is looking to invest its massive capital potential to not only develop its industry, from exploration to downstream battery metal processing.
January 17, 2022 Endeavour achieves record annual discoveries, adding 3moz in M&I resources Company added 3 million ounces of measured and indicated resources and 900,000 ounces of inferred resources across its flagship assets.
January 17, 2022 Northern Graphite buying two mines, to be third largest producer outside China The company is purchasing the Lac des Iles mine and mill in Quebec and all the outstanding shares of Imerys Group.
January 17, 2022 De Beers makes diamond buyers cough up cash with fresh price rise The world's largest diamond miner by value is said to have hiked prices by about 8% for big stones and 20% for small ones at the latest sale.
January 16, 2022 Two killed in Niger uranium mine collapse Two people have died and two others were injured in a collapse at French nuclear group Orano's COMINAK uranium mine.
January 14, 2022 Sibanye-Stillwater faces strike at South Africa gold mines Unions have been cleared to give the company notice of a strike following failed wage talks for gold mine workers.
January 13, 2022 NextSource shares up on successful Molo graphite plant testing Phase 1 of the Molo graphite mine is fully funded and, when commissioned, will become one of the few operating graphite mines outside of China.
January 12, 2022 Tunisia targets doubling phosphate output as economy languishes Reaching the target of 8 million tons in the next two years, up from 3.9 million in 2021, would raise production to levels Tunisia hasn’t experienced since before its Arab…
January 12, 2022 Coal slurry dam spills near historic South African game reserve An estimated 1,500 cubic meters of liquid known as slurry leaked after a dam collapsed on Dec. 24 following heavy rains.
Silver price suffers biggest loss since 2021, gold price falls from record Earlier, spot prices had soared to as high as $83.63 per ounce. December 29, 2025 | 08:54 am