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.
April 19, 2019 Congo Republic ships first iron ore ahead of expected production boom A ship loaded with 23,000 tonnes of ore set sail for China Friday, where it will be processed for a European buyer.
April 18, 2019 Roxgold and Newcrest close deal on Séguéla project in Côte d’Ivoire Drilling is set to begin April 24 on multiple exploration targets.
April 18, 2019 Alrosa launches new Zarya pipe in eastern Russia The new deposit should compensate for the depleting stock of the Komsomolsky open-pit mine.
April 18, 2019 Petra Diamonds on a roll after another major find at Cullinan The find is the third Type II D-colour gem-quality diamond weighing more than 100 carats recovered since March and the fourth such rock discovered in the current financial year.
Taseko wraps Florence build, nears first copper output The Florence copper project in Arizona is moving from build to operations as Taseko lines up its next phase of copper growth. January 13, 2026 | 06:10 am