July 26, 2021

Implats Zimbabwe unit plans 185 MW solar power plants

Zimbabwe has experienced acute power cuts in the past, the latest in 2019 that lasted up to 18 hours a day.

July 26, 2021

La Mancha launches $1.4 billion gold mining fund

The vehicle, named La Mancha Fund SCSp will also invest in battery metals needed for electric vehicles.

July 23, 2021

Cyberattack disrupts main African cobalt, copper export hub

Durban, the busiest shipping terminal in sub-Saharan Africa, was affected.

July 23, 2021

Platinum giants eye solar power as green answer to blackouts

Sibanye Stillwater, Impala Platinum, and Anglo American Platinum said they plan to scale up solar and wind farms.

July 22, 2021

Deep-South takes Namibia’s mining minister to court over licence refusal

Miner also seeks to prevent the government from granting exploration or mining rights over the same licence area to another company.

July 21, 2021

Copper market in 75,000 tonnes deficit in Apr 2021 – ICSG

For the first four months of the year, the market was in a 69,000 tonnes surplus compared with a 110,000 tonnes surplus in the same period a year earlier.

July 21, 2021

Home: Stainless steel strength and supply hits reinforce nickel price

Nickel's current revival has very little to do with either Indonesia or battery demand.

July 21, 2021

Rio Tinto’s RBM to shut furnace as stockpiles depleted

The Richards Bay Minerals operation in South Africa has been halted since late June following the murder of the top manager.

July 20, 2021

South32 flags $728m charge at Illawarra, quarterly met coal output drops

The miner said it encountered difficult geological conditions at the Appin mine in Illawarra project near Sydney.

July 20, 2021

Chawama project set to ramp up food security in Haut-Katanga Province

ERG Africa-led initiative empowers farmers from Kimfumpa and Kabumba.