April 24, 2019 South African government says it intends to de-register AMCU union AMCU, one of the largest trade unions in South Africa's mining sector, has thousands of members at gold and platinum mines.
April 24, 2019 JPMorgan ends a three-year bullish call on Anglo American shares After almost three years of rating the mining giant’s stock as overweight, JPMorgan downgraded it to neutral on Wednesday.
April 24, 2019 Top miners back autonomous systems guidelines The document divides operations into six levels, from zero (entirely manual) to five (fully autonomous), and assists in the preparation of a business case for autonomous mining, depending on level…
April 24, 2019 De Beers expands pilot scheme in Sierra Leone to sell ethically sourced diamonds Decision was made to give more artisanal and small-scale miners (ASM) the opportunity to benefit from the program, which helps them trace route of their diamonds throughout the supply chain.
April 23, 2019 Texas building gold depository with $100 billion capacity and security that rivals Fort Knox Governor Greg Abbott said when the project was announced last year that it would allow Texas to “repatriate” its gold from New York.
April 23, 2019 China’s Tsingshan expands plans for Zimbabwe steel plant Tsingshan signed a $1 billion outline agreement to build a 2 million tonne-per-annum steel plant in Zimbabwe in June last year.
April 23, 2019 BMW to buy cobalt direct from Australia, Morocco for EV batteries The announcement came as the London Metal Exchange (LME) launched an initiative under which it could ban or delist brands that are not responsibly sourced by 2022.
April 23, 2019 LME gets tougher on companies with ties to child labour, corruption The initiative could see it ban or delist brands that can’t prove they are responsibly sourced by 2022.
April 21, 2019 Guinea transfers oversight of state mining company to Presidency The move will hand Alpha Conde more authority over the country’s holdings in some of the world’s biggest bauxite deposits.
April 21, 2019 Anglo steps up defense to repel Agarwal’s interest: Telegraph Anglo American’s defense advisers are said to plan attacks on the quality of Vedanta’s portfolio compared to Anglo’s assets.
Silver price suffers biggest loss since 2021, gold price falls from record Earlier, spot prices had soared to as high as $83.63 per ounce. December 29, 2025 | 08:54 am
