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.
April 15, 2020 South Africa mining faces 45,000 job losses on extended lockdown South Africa’s mining industry could shed more than 10,000 direct jobs as the sector reels from the impact of the nationwide lockdown.
April 15, 2020 Mponeng production stays suspended until April 30 The mine is the only one of AngloGold's 14 operations where production is currently suspended.
April 14, 2020 Roscan drills 70 metres of 3.2 g/t at Kandiole Company released results of 20 diamond and reverse circulation drill holes at the Mankouke South target in western Mali.
Copper price spreads ease in sign squeeze will prove short-lived Contracts maturing tomorrow closed at a $2 premium to those expiring a day later, after the one-day spread briefly spiked to a huge premium of $100 a ton. January 21, 2026 | 07:25 am
