January 10, 2022 Mali shuts borders, recalls ambassadors after regional sanctions Mali is Africa’s third-biggest gold producer and companies including Barrick and B2Gold have operations in the country.
January 10, 2022 Ivanhoe to produce up to 340,000 tonnes of copper at DRC mine in 2022 The Canadian miner said its Kamoa-Kakula complex produced 105,884 tonnes of copper concentrate last year, topping guidance.
January 10, 2022 BHP back to Africa with Tanzania nickel investment It will initially invest $40 million in the Kabanga project, regarded as the world’s largest development-ready, high-grade nickel sulphide deposit.
January 7, 2022 Osino to acquire B2Gold’s Ondundu property in Namibia in $15m deal B2 Gold spent $10 million on exploration at Ondundu between 2015 and 2021.
January 5, 2022 Cobalt industry to get a big boost from the shift to a green economy – report But the global cobalt supply chain is set to remain highly geographically concentrated in the coming years, Fitch says.
January 5, 2022 Trigon produces first concentrate at Kombat mine in Namibia Trigon's Kombat commercial production is expected by March.
December 31, 2021 Top 20 mining stories of 2021 Another record-setting year for the metals and mining industry and for MINING.COM.
December 29, 2021 Barrick’s North Mara mine in Tanzania reaches tailings storage target Barrick took control of the mine in 2019, when the country’s National Environment Management Council had closed down the TSF, then holding significantly more water than it should.
December 29, 2021 Rescuers work to retrieve bodies at collapsed Sudanese gold mine As of Wednesday morning, 32 bodies had been recovered from the mine in West Kordofan in addition to three people rescued with injuries.
December 28, 2021 Thirty-one killed in Sudanese gold mine collapse The incident occurred at a private gold mine in western Sudan.
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
