May 23, 2019 Biggest Africa investor goes to London for Lonmin decision South Africa’s Public Investment Corp. faces a tough choice: back Sibanye Gold’s takeover of Lonmin, and take a hit on its investment, or scupper the deal and risk having to…
May 23, 2019 Zambia’s Chamber of Mines just deepened worries of sinking global copper output Copper output in Africa’s second largest producing country could decline by as much as 100,000 tonnes this year, adding to recent, sharp declines at the world’s main producing nations.
May 22, 2019 ICMM 2018 mining safety data released The single highest cause of deaths in 2018 was from mobile mining equipment — the ICMM is exploring collision avoidance technology.
May 22, 2019 Zimbabwe mine output subdued in first quarter as dollar crunch bites Gold deliveries to central bank unit Fidelity Printers and Refiners, which buys all the country's gold, declined to 6.5 tonnes from 7.3 tonnes during the January-March quarter.
May 22, 2019 Ghana seeks investors to mine bauxite, fund infrastructure The government will receive proposals from interested parties until the end of the year on how to expand production.
May 22, 2019 To borrow $500m, Zimbabwe pledges mine that doesn’t exist The collateral for African Export-Import Bank’s $500 million loan to Zimbabwe is a mine that Great Dyke Investments, a venture between Russian investors and the Zimbabwean military, plans to build…
May 22, 2019 Acacia blames Barrick for barring it from Tanzania talks, mulls takeover bid Comments come after parent company Barrick Gold proposed to acquire all of the shares it does not already own in the Tanzanian miner.
May 21, 2019 Tanzania to start cancelling inactive mining licences Tanzania will start cancelling inactive mining exploration licences and distribute the acreage to artisanal miners who are able to immediately commence activity in the area.
May 21, 2019 Vedanta, KCM seek urgent Zambia talks, court appoints liquidator The news has rattled foreign investors already nervous governments in central African countries are seeking a much bigger share of resource revenues.
May 21, 2019 Zambia’s plan to seize copper mines stuns investors Zambia’s Eurobond yields rose to record highs after the government of the cash-strapped copper producer said it’s planning to seize Vedanta’s mining assets.
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
