September 20, 2019 Gold exploration trends: drilling up, optimism returns The amount of reported drillholes surged by a staggering 139% in Australia.
September 20, 2019 Leader of militant South African mining union re-elected Joseph Mathunjwa has been at the helm of AMCU since it was officially registered in 2002.
September 20, 2019 SL Mining to halt operations at Marampa iron ore mine in Sierra Leone The move follows a shipment ban imposed by the government in July.
September 19, 2019 First Quantum Minerals draws takeover interest First Quantum controls the open-pit Kansanshi mine in Zambia, which has 340,000 metric tons of annual copper production capacity.
September 19, 2019 Sasol said to plan sale of its South Africa coal mining unit The mining business had turnover of 20 billion rand ($1.4 billion) in the 2018 financial year.
September 19, 2019 Giyani Metals exits gold exploration in South Africa Giyani will now focus on its battery-grade K.Hill manganese project in neighbouring Botswana.
September 19, 2019 Uganda to invite companies to redevelop former copper mine Once a major copper and cobalt producer, the Kilembe mine is believed to contain 4 million tonnes of ore.
September 18, 2019 Lucara finds another big diamond at its Karowe mine in Botswana The operation has this year yielded 22 diamonds larger than 100 carats, eight of them exceeding 200 carats.
September 17, 2019 Eskom’s biggest coal supplier buys Tata’s clean power stake Exxaro will own Cennergi Pty Ltd. outright after the 1.55 billion rand ($105 million) deal is concluded.
September 17, 2019 Dubai’s DSA leads bid for mines once owned by Guptas, Glencore DSA Investments has teamed up with two South African companies to bid for coal assets that Glencore was pressured into selling to a company controlled by the Gupta family in…
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
