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.

November 18, 2021

China Nerin Engineering wins Kamoa direct-to-blister copper plant contract

The smelter technology aligns with Kamoa-Kakula's goal of producing the world's 'greenest copper'

November 16, 2021

Sarama reports significant increase in Burkina Faso gold resources, shares up

Sanutura is an advanced-stage exploration project covering approximately 1,500 km².

November 15, 2021

This chart shows copper price could dive 28% going into 2022

New report argues rising mine supply, steep fall in demand from China’s property sector and shifting global consumption patterns away from goods to services will send copper prices skidding.