December 6, 2021 South African mines push industry deaths to 69 so far this year The death toll in the sector that has traditionally underpinned the South African economy compares to 48 in the same period last year.
December 5, 2021 Congo replaces head of miner Gecamines for first time in decade President Felix Tshisekedi named Alphonse Kaputo Kalubi as chairman of Gecamines.
December 5, 2021 Large commodity customers to lean towards low-carbon emitters – report A report by SRK Consulting states that following the COP26, consumers and their host countries will be looking to the mining sector for a considerable portion of their carbon savings.
December 2, 2021 Chinese embassy calls upon citizens to leave three provinces in the DRC An attack on November 24 against an artisanal gold mine in Ituri province left four people dead, including two Chinese nationals.
December 2, 2021 Congo state cobalt monopoly aims to start buying in January In the longer term, EGC aims to buy 25,000 tonnes a year of artisanal cobalt.
December 2, 2021 Hummingbird Resources restarts Mali gold mine It said stoppage will affect full-year production, placing it below the bottom end of the expected 100,000-110,000 gold ounces range.
December 1, 2021 Tharisa annual profit more than doubles on strong platinum prices The PGM and chrome producer reported a more than two-fold jump in full-year profit on Thursday.
December 1, 2021 Gold Fields aims to cut carbon emissions by 30% by 2030 The company said its investment to decarbonise will cost about $1.2 billion until 2030,
December 1, 2021 Adoption of renewables still too slow to limit climate crisis — IEA Growth in the sector is set to hit an all-time record this year, but that's not enough to reach net zero emissions by 2050, says the agency.
November 30, 2021 Large gold miners contributed $38bn in GDP to local economies in 2020 — report In 2020, WGC members made significant contributions to local economies.
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
