September 28, 2018

Rocketing vanadium price primed for ‘Elon Musk moment’

"To build a gigafactory of vanadium flow batteries, companies will need to own a mine or lease the fully recyclable vanadium" – Simon Moores.

September 28, 2018

Zambia hikes mining taxes in 2019 budget to rein in debt

Delivering a $7.1 billion budget in parliament, Margaret Mwanakatwe pledged to bring debt down and to trim the fiscal deficit to 6.5 percent of GDP in 2019.

September 28, 2018

Chinese interested in buying Rio Tinto’s Namibian uranium mine

Talks between the miner and China National Nuclear Corporation were confirmed by the country's energy minister.

September 28, 2018

Congo-owned Sokimo may hinder transfer of Kibali mine to Barrick

The state miner warned it would "assert its rights" in Barrick Gold's acquisition of Rangold's stake in the Kibali mine, but did not provide details of its plans.

September 27, 2018

Komatsu to build $285m headquarters in Milwaukee

The planned campus would include about 170,000 square feet of office space, a 20,000-square-foot museum and training building, and 410,000 square feet of manufacturing space

September 27, 2018

Battery Minerals hits construction milestones at Montepuez project

Company wants to make sure the mine is in production when the demand and price of graphite takes off, as predicted.

September 27, 2018

South Africa mines minister maintains 30% black ownership target in charter

South Africa's new mining charter will require holders of mining rights to have a black ownership level of at least 30 percent within five years.

September 27, 2018

Biggest Sibanye Gold unions get approval to strike over pay

The National Union of Mineworkers and Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union received strike certificates at Sibanye after negotiations.

September 27, 2018

Barrick’s Bristow bet seen as boosting South America revival

Barrick’s South America team “will be focused not only on bringing to account and dealing with the challenges around Pascua-Lama and Veladero,’’ but also on expanding assets and partnerships in…

September 26, 2018

Congo leader vows elections to proceed on schedule in December

DRC President Joseph Kabila vowed delayed elections will take place as planned this year.