April 17, 2020 Coronavirus distress is M&A opportunity for Rio, rivals After years of buying at the peak of the economic cycle and selling in the trough, the world’s big diggers could do the reverse.
April 17, 2020 Congo enacts plan to blunt virus impact as cobalt exports slump Country will begin an information campaign for hundreds of thousands of hand-miners to offset the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
April 17, 2020 Implats plans gradual return to operation after regulations eased The platinum miner said it had been in consultations with the mines ministry to bring some non-essential workers gradually back to work.
April 16, 2020 CHART: China’s stranglehold on electric car battery supply chain China has not only shoved aside the US for rare earths, cobalt, graphite and lithium production – new study shows it controls 93% of world's manganese going into EVs.
April 16, 2020 B2Gold reports covid-19 case at Mali exploration camp The employee was working at the Fekola camp, now isolated. Mine operations have not been impacted.
April 16, 2020 South Africa mines to resume work at 50% capacity Government is taking its first steps to ease a nationwide coronavirus lockdown.
April 16, 2020 Barrick maintains 2020 guidance despite output drop It expects first-quarter gold production to fall by 8.5% due to global efforts to stop the spread of covid-19.
April 16, 2020 Thor to build Nigeria’s first large-scale gold mine The decision comes as the Canada-listed junior miner secured funding for its Segilola gold project.
April 15, 2020 Zambia plans to revoke Glencore’s Mopani licenses Mopani's chief executive Nathan Bullock detained at Lusaka airport.
April 15, 2020 Barrick gets 800,000 test kits to screen workers for covid-19 Barrick's CEO said that tests had helped shield the company's operations and host communities from the virus.
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the US and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
