February 7, 2019 Death toll rises to six at South Africa coal mine gas explosion Rescue efforts were hampered by dangerously high levels of toxic gas underground.
February 7, 2019 Fourteen NGOs oppose LME plans to ban tainted cobalt Is the LME trying to create a reputational green wash that allows it to say its members source responsibly because they tick some boxes?
February 7, 2019 First Quantum inks $2.7B refinancing deal Company has signed a new $2.7-billion term loan and revolving credit facility, replacing the existing $1.5 billion one.
February 7, 2019 Gem Diamonds finds from iconic Lesotho mine drop, shares slump The company unearthed three of the 15 diamonds over 100 carats it found in 2018 in Q4, but carat recovery dropped by 17% to 29,523 ct in the period.
February 7, 2019 Russia’s Nordgold to invest over $360m in Guinea mine The Russian gold producer has received a 15-year mining permit for its Lefa mine.
February 7, 2019 DRA Global continues growth path with SENET merger in Africa DRA has entered into a merger agreement with SENET, a leading African project management and engineering firm to create one of the largest project delivery and operations management companies on…
February 6, 2019 Bank Of America: Oil demand growth to hit zero within a decade By 2030, oil demand could hit a peak and then enter decline.
February 6, 2019 Congo 2018 copper output up 12.9 percent to 1.2m tonnes -Chamber of Commerce Output of cobalt rose 43.8 percent to 106,439 tonnes, while gold production increased by 22.6 percent to 28,539 kg.
February 6, 2019 Friedland confident Congo copper mine will be world’s second-largest The founder of Ivanhoe Mines said the Kamoa-Kakula project is “on track to become one of the absolute greatest copper mining complexes in the world.”
February 6, 2019 Angola’s Endiama sees diamond output rising to 13.8m carats by 2022 Production in 2018 was 9.4 million carats.
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
