August 3, 2021 Kamoa-Kakula achieves commercial production milestone Kamoa-Kakula is expected to produce between 80,000 and 95,000 tonnes of copper in 2021.
August 2, 2021 Sibanye-Stillwater to acquire Eramet’s nickel processing facilities in France The transaction is the second step in Sibanye-Stillwater’s battery metals strategy.
August 2, 2021 Iron ore miners are awash with cash, but see different futures Major miners are going to be strong cash generators even if iron ore post further losses.
August 1, 2021 Thor Explorations hits Nigeria’s first commercial gold output Africa’s largest oil producer has sizeable untapped deposits of metals including gold, zinc, lead and iron ore.
August 1, 2021 Sudan official gold output near doubles as smuggling curbed The North African nation recorded production of 30.3 tons between January and the end of June, compared with 15.6 tons in the same period the year before.
August 1, 2021 African rare earth projects moving forward despite challenges – report A Roskill report commends the efforts by a number of African countries to establish a diversified rare earths supply chain.
July 30, 2021 State of the sector: Worker health, safety and equality in ASM — report While women make up a large percentage of the ASM workforce —they are largely invisible within the data.
July 30, 2021 Civil unrest in South Africa, covid-19 may push cobalt prices up — report Fastmarkets’ third-quarter forecast is for cobalt prices to average $25 per lb.
July 30, 2021 Lucara digs up 393-carat diamond at Karowe The diamond is the seventh stone greater than 300 carats dug up at the Botswana operation so far this year.
July 29, 2021 RANKED: World’s 10 biggest gold mining companies Many companies are engaged in the gold mining business, but the industry is dominated by a select group of players.
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