August 23, 2018 DRC miners form new body to fight mining code The Mining Promotion Initiative's main goal is to engage the government on industry concerns about the country’s new mining code.
August 22, 2018 Chinese firm launches $832m Zambia copper mine NFC Africa, majority owned by China Non-ferrous Metals Company Limited launched output at a new $832 million Zambian copper mine, extending the firm's lifespan by over 20 years.
August 22, 2018 South African gold miners and union deadlocked over wages South Africa’s National Union of Mine workers, the biggest labor group at gold mining companies in the country, said it’s deadlocked over pay with the producers after numerous rounds of…
August 22, 2018 Zambia copper output up 10.6% in first half of 2018 – central bank Stable power supply and relatively higher metal prices prove beneficial to Zambia's copper industry.
August 22, 2018 Gold output in key countries to slump to ‘generational’ lows — report Bullion production grew for nine consecutive years to reach an all-time high in 2017.
August 21, 2018 World mine copper production up 5.7% in the first five months of 2018 Help from Latin America and Southeast Asia.
August 21, 2018 South African gold sector wage negotiations deadlock – union Wage negotiations in the gold sector are at a deadlock and the South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has declared a dispute, a move that is one step short…
August 21, 2018 Technical issue disrupts BHP’s Olympic Dam copper smelter Company is assessing the impact of an ongoing outage at the processing plant.
August 21, 2018 Harmony Gold swings to loss, sees deaths at operations mount The South African gold miner posted a 43% drop in annual earnings, or a 4.47 billion South African rand loss (about $309 million) and saw fatalities at its operations climb…
August 20, 2018 South Africa’s Impala Platinum flags wider full-year loss Implats said on Monday that it expects its full-year loss to widen due to impairments relating to its Rustenburg assets.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
