November 22, 2018 Foraco’s camp in Niger attacked by terrorists An unnamed source told Reuters that the assailants were believed to belong to Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram.
November 22, 2018 Sibanye shuts gold mines in South Africa as strike turns violent Operations at Driefontein, Kloof and Beatrix mines were halted late on Wednesday.
November 22, 2018 RioZim demands $92m from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe The Zimbabwean miner claims it has failed to receive $48m due in payments from the central bank for its sales in dollars, suffering losses of $44m due to lost production.
November 21, 2018 Debswana announces Albert Milton to take over as managing director as Balisi Boyongo steps down. Balisi was appointed as Managing Director on 1 January 2014 and his leadership has seen Debswana record unprecedented performance across a number of business areas.
November 21, 2018 Zambia’s copper output up 10.4 year/year in September Mining companies operating in Zambia include NFC Africa, majority owned by China Non-ferrous Metals Company Limited (CNMC), Canada’s First Quantum Minerals, Glencore, Barrick Gold and Vedanta Resources.
November 21, 2018 Ex-SAS Commander who led Barrick’s efforts in Tanzania has left Richard Williams who served as Barrick’s chief of staff and later chief operating officer was assigned in February to work full-time on securing a deal between the Tanzanian government and…
November 21, 2018 S. Africa competition tribunal OKs Sibanye acquisition of Lonmin Deal would create the world’s No.2 platinum producer.
November 20, 2018 Perseus sees signs for life extension of its Ghana gold mine Drilling results from the Esuajah Gap deposit at its Edikan gold operation show a “significant” mineralized granite that could extend the life of the mine past the six years it…
November 19, 2018 Sibanye faces South African gold strike over wage dispute The agreement we reached with the other unions is fair and final and considers the current challenges facing our gold operations - Neal Froneman, Sibanye Stillwater
November 19, 2018 Mali to produce lithium by 2020 with 694,000 tonnes discovered Mali joins lithium fray
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