November 23, 2021 South African miners plan $3.8 billion of power projects The industry is planning 3,900 megawatts of solar, wind and battery energy projects.
November 23, 2021 Zijin approves investment in $769m Congo copper smelter The 500,000-tonne-per-year direct-to-blister plant will be the largest copper smelter in Africa.
November 23, 2021 Ghana backs Chifeng Gold’s acquisition of Wassa mine The Ghanaian government has okayed Chifeng's acquisition of Golden Star, which owns 90% of the Wassa gold mine.
November 23, 2021 South Africa won’t appeal court ruling on black mining ownership The High Court struck down stipulations that an ownership target of 26% for Black investors in South African mining companies would remain in perpetuity.
November 22, 2021 Congo president demands audit of mining registry to fight fraud Transparency activists have estimated Congo has lost out on billions of dollars of revenue from mining deals over the past two decades.
November 19, 2021 Jindal plans to start building Botswana coal mine in 2022 The Indian industrial giant aims for the mine to produce 4.5 million tonnes of coal per year.
November 18, 2021 Australia’s Firefinch sees output at Mali lithium mine by early 2024 The company foresees annual production of over 436,000 tonnes of spodumene concentrate.
November 18, 2021 Thor reports initial resource estimate for Douta gold project in Senegal The company is now focused on expanding the resource along the full 30 km length of its exploration licence.
November 18, 2021 Kabanga says Tanzania mine may answer Elon Musk’s nickel plea The project would eventually produce as much as 50,000 tonnes of nickel cathodes a year, as well as smaller amounts of copper and cobalt.
November 18, 2021 Sibanye-Stillwater presents new offer to unions in gold wage negotiations If accepted by the four gold mining unions the offer will increase the company's wage bill at its gold operations by $89.55 million.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
