March 10, 2021 Global mining cross border M&A deals worth $7.7bn in Q4 – report The value marked an increase of 593.7% over the previous quarter.
March 10, 2021 Zimbabwe says China’s Tsingshan to build iron ore mine, steel plant from May Tsingshan signed a $1 billion outline agreement with Zimbabwe in June 2018 to build a 2 million tonne-per-annum steel plant.
March 10, 2021 More platinum deficits to come after record undersupply in 2020 – WPIC By disrupting mining activity, the coronavirus pandemic affected platinum supply much more than demand, pushing the roughly 8-million ounce market into a deficit of 932,000 ounces last year.
March 10, 2021 Danakali looks into solar, wind to power Eritrea potash project The Australian miner says that both energy sources are viable power alternatives for its 100%-owned Colluli sulphate of potash (SoP) project.
March 10, 2021 Petra Diamonds completes restructuring The diamond miner has concluded a reorganization, aimed at recapitalizing the business.
March 9, 2021 Barrick’s Bristow and Blackrock’s Hambro discuss ‘profits with purpose’ at PDAC “It's a fundamental shift – people are investing from a different, or an evolved perspective."
March 9, 2021 Biden reimposes sanctions on mining magnate Dan Gertler The Trump administration had quietly issued a special license that exempted Gertler from the sanctions until Jan. 31, 2022.
March 9, 2021 Ivanhoe completes 80% of phase one work at Kakula First production at the copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo targeted for July.
March 8, 2021 Friedland-backed HPX to fast-track Guinea iron ore project High Power Exploration (HPX) raised $200 million for its proposed Nimba iron ore mine in southeastern Guinea.
March 8, 2021 Namibia’s marine diamond miner’s production hit by covid-19, drops 13% in 2020 Debmarine Namibia, a subsidiary of Anglo American’s diamond unit De Beers, on Monday reported a 13% drop in production to 1.125 million […]
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