April 16, 2018 Billionaire Agarwal hires AngloGold’s CEO to run Vedanta Agarwal, who has been hunting for a new Vedanta CEO for more than a year, has consistently sought talent from the world’s biggest miners.
April 15, 2018 IMF resumes lending to Chad following Glencore debt deal The Central African oil producer reached an agreement in principle to restructure its more than $1 billion debt to Glencore and four banks.
April 13, 2018 Local media report 40 people killed at DRC mine The accident has been reported by different local websites.
April 13, 2018 Zimbabwe to sell shares in state-owned firms as part of reforms Zimbabwe is looking to sell shares in 35 state-owned firms, including telecoms and mining entities.
April 12, 2018 Last hurrah for the zinc price The price of zinc fell to a four month low on Thursday – there's much more pain to come says new report.
April 12, 2018 Poor left out of mining profits as ‘resource curse’ hits Kenya There were cases of displacement of communities, workers subjected to unsafe conditions, as well as soil, water and air pollution.
April 12, 2018 Glencore is losing billionaire allies to Trump’s sanctions In just four months, Glencore Plc chief Ivan Glasenberg has lost two of his closest business allies, billionaires Oleg Deripaska and Dan Gertler.
April 12, 2018 Harmony Gold says $519,000 of metal stolen from S. African mine Thieves broke into Harmony Gold Mining Co.’s Kalgold mine Tuesday morning and stole 12 kilograms (386 ounces) of the precious metal.
April 12, 2018 De Beers is said to lift diamond prices for second straight sale The company raised prices a similar amount in its previous sale at the end of February.
April 12, 2018 Burkina Faso to end tycoon Frank Timis’s manganese mining contract Timis's Pan African Burkina Limited (PAB) acquired the rights to the Tambao mine, which it says holds 100 million tonnes of manganese reserves, in June 2012.
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
