October 3, 2019

Centamin’s CEO to leave after challenging year for the company

Andrew Pardey, who joined the company 12 years ago as general manager, will stay at the post for a year while the company looks for a new boss.

October 3, 2019

Pit wall collapses at Avesoro’s New Liberty mine in Liberia

Production volumes will be reduced "for some time", the company said.

October 2, 2019

Landslide at gold mine in eastern Congo kills at least 16

Dozens of people die in Congo every year because of old-fashioned and unregulated mining methods that compromise safety.

October 2, 2019

Iamgold makes new high-grade discovery in West Africa

The discovery is located between the company’s Boto project in Senegal to the north and its Diakha-Siribaya project in Mali to the south.

October 2, 2019

Rise of ethical investing, social license the top risks to miners

The mining and metals sector is facing greater scrutiny from end consumers, demanding a transparent, ethical supply chain.

October 2, 2019

AMCU mining union sees imminent wage deal with Impala Platinum

South Africa's militant Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union expects a deal with Impala Platinum over wages soon.

October 2, 2019

New data-driven portal aims to encourage mineral exploration in Uganda  

The Uganda Geoscience Data Portal was launched this week.

October 1, 2019

Zimbabwe rejects US claim that diamond mine uses forced labour

Zimbabwe has accused the US of ignorance after blocking rough diamond imports from the Marange fields.

October 1, 2019

Congo mine deploys digital weapons in fight against conflict minerals

It's the latest initiative in eastern DRC to improve systems meant to show minerals entering global supply chains come from mines that don’t use child labour or fund warlords and…

September 30, 2019

NextSource announces updated FS for Madagascar graphite project

The new feasibility study takes into account updated mine capital equipment and mining costs.