January 11, 2021

Alphamin achieves record quarterly tin production

The company produced 2,898 tonnes of tin during Q4 2020, 13% more than the previous quarter.

January 11, 2021

Zimbabwe gold deliveries tumble nearly a third in 2020

Gold sales to country's sole buyer and exporter of bullion Fidelity Printers and Refiners fell 31% to 19 tonnes last year.

January 11, 2021

Beny Steinmetz lawyer attacks prosecutor over ‘secret’ Israel trips

Lawyer went on the offensive in the first day of the Israeli businessman’s trial for bribery.

January 11, 2021

Appian closes $775m fund as institutions line up for mining investment

London-based Appian Capital Advisory closes oversubscribed $775 million mining investment fund with 40% already committed.

January 11, 2021

Emesent technology helps Petra Diamonds save on ore pass remediation

Highly accurate point cloud data sets from a Hovermap scan allowed mine engineers to visualize the condition of ore passes for the first time and avoid spending $350,000, on remediation.

January 10, 2021

Global cobalt production capacity expected to be cash positive in 2021 – report

A new report by Roskill predicts that cobalt’s all-in sustaining cost of production will fall this year.

January 8, 2021

Beny Steinmetz’s bribery trial to begin Monday

The owner of BSG Resources is accused of paying the wife of Guinea’s deceased former president to secure the concession rights to the Simandou iron ore project.

January 8, 2021

Glencore in final talks over Mopani sale

According to Zambian state radio, a deal is likely to be signed next week.

January 7, 2021

Copper, iron ore price rally adds $250bn to top 50 mining companies

The world’s 50 most valuable mining companies jumps to a new record high of $1.3 trillion by year’s end.

January 7, 2021

Kuvimba seeks $1 billion for 2021 acquisitions, capex

Company is held by government pension funds and Zimbabwe’s sovereign wealth fund.