September 26, 2019 Access to water one of miners’ biggest challenges ahead — study Despite successful efforts to manage water usage more efficiently, tougher environmental rules are increasing miners’ costs and risks, particularly those operating in arid regions or close to populated communities.
September 26, 2019 Nine countries join US strategic minerals initiative The countries joining the United States include Australia, Botswana, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, the Philippines and Zambia.
September 26, 2019 Lucara rocks — finds blue, pink diamonds at Botswana mine The diamonds, found at the area that yielded the famous 1,111-carat “Lesedi La Rona” in 2015, will be sold in December.
September 25, 2019 How blockchain can track conflict minerals Several companies have begun using or offering blockchain solutions to address some of the problems associated with conflict minerals.
September 25, 2019 Platinum Group Metals boosts reserves at Waterberg mine with new DFS Under the DFS mine plan, first production is estimated in late 2023 with ramp-up to steady state by 2027.
September 25, 2019 Sibanye to axe over 5,000 jobs in Marikana restructuring The precious metals miner said that 3,904 were permanent positions, while 1,366 were contractors.
September 24, 2019 Rising resource nationalism in Africa ups stakes for miners — report Central Africa’s copperbelt, and Tanzania capture the bulk of resource nationalism risks, Verisk Maplecroft says.
September 24, 2019 Global copper deficit deepens as Chile, Indonesia production drops The international refined copper market ended the first half of 2019 with a supply shortfall of about 220,000 tonnes.
September 23, 2019 First Quantum slumps after saying it’s not in takeover talks The owner of Africa’s biggest copper mine is headed for the biggest loss in seven weeks.
September 23, 2019 Petra finds 20.08-carat blue diamond at flagship Cullinan mine Recovery demonstrates the quality of Petra's asset base, as the Cullinan diamond mine remains a significant source of rare blue diamonds, said the company.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
