November 16, 2020 Endeavour to buy Teranga, creating top 10 gold miner The all-share deal, worth $1.86 billion, would create a new gold major aiming to list in London.
November 13, 2020 Limpopo coal plant project may be abandoned The Thabametsi plant lost its environmental approval and shareholders ditched the project.
November 13, 2020 Zambia plan to sell billionaire’s mines stuck in legal mire The arbitration case between Vedanta and Zambia may not be concluded before early 2022.
November 13, 2020 Gemfields to sell stake in Sedibelo Platinum The transaction will give Gemfields an effective and indirect interest in SPM of approximately 6.54%.
November 13, 2020 New Botswana copper mine to begin production in 2021 The Khoemacau mine is expected to have annual output building to 60,000 tonnes of concentrate.
November 12, 2020 MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week Gold price tumbles on covid vaccine breakthrough; UK court blocks lawsuit against BHP over Brazil dam burst; Alrosa’s pink diamond sets new record price at auction
November 12, 2020 Lucara strikes again with 998-carat diamond at Karowe The rock is one of the five biggest diamonds ever mined.
November 12, 2020 Zimbabwe under pressure to end gold sales monopoly Gold mining investors are pressuring the country to change a law forcing producers to sell their output to the central bank.
November 12, 2020 Petra Diamonds investigates human rights abuses in Tanzania Company said it is investigating allegations that subsistence miners who trespassed on the firm’s Williamson mine were detained, beaten and shot.
November 12, 2020 US court dismisses lawsuit against Sibanye-Stillwater Class action sought compensation for alleged false statements by the company and its CEO related to a series of mine deaths in 2018.
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