August 2, 2019 Sierra Leone cancels major mining licences Tonkolili has challenged the decision in the country's high court.
August 2, 2019 Nova Scotian firm builds pilot plant to process Tanzanian graphite Elcora Advanced Materials wants to target the expandable graphite market.
August 1, 2019 Simandou tender likely to be opaque Nominally transparent tender for iron ore concession raises eyebrows among miners.
August 1, 2019 Zimbabwe to replace empowerment law — finance minister Foreign investors can now take majority stakes in the platinum and diamond sectors.
August 1, 2019 Iron ore prices help Rio Tinto fork out $1bn dividend, despite Oyu Tolgoi setback Despite being its best half-year earnings since 2014, net profit dropped by 6% to $4.13bn as it wrote down $800 million from its investment in the Mongolian mine.
July 31, 2019 AngloGold Ashanti flags higher H1 earnings, says asset sales are proceeding AngloGold will release its results on August 8.
July 31, 2019 Vedanta launches arbitration in dispute with Zambia Vedanta denies that KCM has broken the terms of its licence and says it will defend its assets in Zambia.
July 31, 2019 Australia’s Resolute Mining to buy Toro Gold for $274m Resolute is paying $130 million in cash plus 142.5 million of its own shares for West Africa-focused junior miner.
July 31, 2019 Glencore warns of $350m hit on copper unit Setbacks at its mines in DRC and Zambia caused copper production to fall 5% to 663,000 tonnes in the six months to June.
July 30, 2019 Burundi’s mineral exports overtake tea, coffee in hard currency earnings Burundi's mining sector was thrust into prominence last month when the US said it was one of those it was considering to diversify its sources of rare earths.
Gold refiner stops taking scrap delivery to melt down in US Metalor Technologies paused accepting new shipments of metal due to an inventory backlog caused by severe US weather. January 29, 2026 | 04:03 pm
