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.