May 17, 2018 Tanzanite miner gets bill as Tanzania cracks down on lost mineral revenues Tanzanian gemstone miner Tanzanite One has agreed to pay compensation and overdue taxes to the government after violations led to losses in public revenues.
May 17, 2018 Congo billionaire seeks French loan to develop iron-ore railway The 450-kilometer (280-mile) track will link the southwestern town of Mayoko to a port at Pointe Noire.
May 17, 2018 Eritrea ‘poison pill’ complicates miner Lundin’s aspirations -sources Lundin Mining's board of directors, chaired by billionaire resources tycoon Lukas Lundin, refuses to invest in Eritrea.
May 16, 2018 South Africa’s Tharisa taps Zimbabwean chrome reserves Zimbabwe has attracted intense interest from miners with a promise of favourable terms as it seeks to reboot its economy after veteran leader Robert Mugabe was ousted last year.
May 16, 2018 Yamana begins gold and silver production at Cerro Moro mine in Argentina Commercial production is expected in the second quarter of the year.
May 15, 2018 UAE trader looking to expand into gold refining in Africa The group is seeking a total investment of $246 million for the refineries and related processing centres, in Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
May 15, 2018 South Africa aims to finalise mining charter in June, minister says The charter lays out requirements for black ownership levels and other targets.
May 15, 2018 Rio Tinto says climbing costs, resource nationalism once again big threats Chief executive Jean Sebastien-Jacques said the challenge for the industry is to ensure the benefits from the past frugal years are not lost against a backdrop of rising oil prices and…
May 15, 2018 Mountain Province hires former De Beers financial chief as president and CEO Stuart Brown has over 25 years of experience in the diamond industry and is the outgoing Firestone Diamonds chief executive officer.
May 15, 2018 Lonmin tanks as UK competition watchdog looks into Sibanye takeover By mid-morning, Lonmin shares had lost 5.6% of their value in London, while Sibanye’s were down 4.9% in Johannesburg, even though the companies announced they had received the approval of…
Copper price nears $13,000 on tariffs woes, supply strain Mine outages, tariff risks and tight supply push copper toward a milestone despite weakening Chinese demand. December 29, 2025 | 05:51 am
