July 17, 2025 US court rules in Zimbabwe’s favor over $93 million mining dispute The court dismissed a case brought by two Mauritian companies seeking to enforce a decade-old arbitration award against Zimbabwe Mining Development Corp.
July 16, 2025 Botswana-focused NexMetals Mining lists on NASDAQ NexMetals' main assets are two past-producing nickel-copper-cobalt mines in Botswana.
July 16, 2025 Vedanta’s Zambia copper unit will revamp smelter to boost output The company had pledged to invest more than $1.2 billion over five years to upgrade the Konkola operations and pay creditors.
July 16, 2025 Rinehart urges Rio Tinto to shift main office to Australia She also took a swipe at Rio's Simandou project, dubbed the "Pilbara killer," for its potential to rival the region as the top iron ore hub.
July 16, 2025 Zimbabwe aims to break ground for $270 million new lithium plant this year Kuvimba Mining House will begin construction of the concentration plant at its Sandawana mine in Q3 of this year.
July 15, 2025 Ghana moves to hedge gold price to preserve build-up of reserves Increased production and higher prices have helped Africa’s top gold miner to boost gross international reserves to $11.1 billion.
July 15, 2025 Namib to spend up to $400M to restart Zimbabwe gold mines The group plans to restart the Mazowe and Redwing mines, which were previously halted in 2018 and 2019, respectively.
July 15, 2025 Rio Tinto picks iron ore boss Simon Trott as new CEO The board believes the company has become too complex, and the new CEO will be tasked with simplifying it.
July 14, 2025 CMOC boosts cobalt production despite Congo export ban The world’s largest cobalt miner reported a 13% year-on-year rise in production of the material.
July 14, 2025 Gertler, a ‘king’ in Congo, describes mine payments in arbitration testimony Gertler’s testimony cited in the arbitrator’s decision also describes how he made loans to the country and held assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of Congolese partners.
Silver price suffers biggest loss since 2021, gold price falls from record Earlier, spot prices had soared to as high as $83.63 per ounce. December 29, 2025 | 08:54 am
