May 28, 2019 Tanzania targets 52% increase in mineral earnings in 2019-2020 Tanzania intends to collect 470.9 billion shillings ($205.5 million) from minerals in 2019-20, compared with a projected income of 310.6 billion shillings in the fiscal year ending June 30.
May 28, 2019 Sibanye, Lonmin merge to create world’s largest platinum miner The deal also establishes the Sibanye-Stillwater Group as the world’s second-biggest palladium miner.
May 27, 2019 Mali to suspend gold dredging and panning for environmental reasons Dredging and panning produce 10 to 15 tonnes of gold per year according to government figures, versus 60 tonnes from the industrial sector.
May 27, 2019 At least nine illegal Zimbabwean miners die after mine collapse At least nine illegal gold miners have died in Zimbabwe after they detonated explosives underground and were trapped at a mine owned by Metallon Corp.
May 27, 2019 Barrick’s bid for Acacia an “appropriate” and “elegant” solution to Tanzania woes — CEO The $285-million takeover bid, considered by some analysts and Acacia’s minority shareholders as low, would see the world's second largest gold producer buying the remaining 35% of the African miner…
May 27, 2019 Danakali about to secure financing for potash project in Eritrea Debt financing agreements worth $200 million could be finalized “any day” and are expected to catalyze equity financing to start the almost 30-month development of the 1.1 billion-tonne Colluli sulphate…
May 26, 2019 South African carbon tax finally becomes law The tax was first mooted in 2010 but has been postponed at least three times after mining companies, steelmakers and state-owned power utility Eskom said it would erode profit and…
May 24, 2019 Ghana seeks investors to mine untapped bauxite sources Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corp. is receiving proposals on how to expand bauxite production and build refining and smelting capacity for the manufacturing of alumina and aluminum.
May 24, 2019 Vedanta’s Zambia liquidation case adjourned until June 4 A court hearing between Vedanta and the government of Zambia over control of its Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) business was adjourned on Friday.
May 24, 2019 Mali official gold exports increase 15% in 2018 to over 61 tonnes Almost all recorded gold was from industrial-scale mining, with just 800 kilograms recorded from artisanal mines.
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
