March 14, 2018 Cobalt to be declared a strategic mineral in Congo Royalties paid to the government from cobalt and coltan mining will jump to 10 per cent from 2 per cent.
March 14, 2018 Glencore signs massive cobalt sale deal with China’s GEM The world’s biggest producer of cobalt has agreed to sell around a third of its cobalt production over the next three years to the Chinese battery recycler.
March 14, 2018 Gem Diamonds soars as it finds seventh giant rock this year It's a 169-carat, top white colour Type IIa rock diamond dug up at the company's flagship Letšeng mine in Lesotho.
March 14, 2018 Canada’s First Cobalt buys US explorer, creates key supplier outside Congo The blended company will have projects in Ontario and Idaho which, once in operations, could be major cobalt suppliers for EVs makers and high tech firms.
March 13, 2018 Ghanaian government wants to mediate between Gold Fields and its workers The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources announced that he has agreed to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with protesting workers.
March 13, 2018 Barrick chairman Thornton boosts ownership with major share buy The boss of the world's top gold miner has bought 306,000 additional shares in the company.
March 13, 2018 Samsung is said in talks for multi-year cobalt deal from Congo Samsung C&T has approached Somika SPRL to buy cobalt produced at its Kisanfu mine in Congo after only buying copper from the company for the past four years.
March 13, 2018 Fifth-largest gem quality diamond in history sold for $40 million Gem Diamonds found the 910-carat diamond, named "The Lesotho Legend," in January.
March 12, 2018 Newfield acquires Stellar Diamonds for $23.6 million Under the deal, Newfield will lend Stellar $3 million to help it over its immediate short-term cash needs, while undertaking a right issue to raise A$30 million (roughly $23.6m) to…
March 12, 2018 Taxes aren’t the real problem with mining in Congo: Gadfly There's a strange thing about the fear going through the global mining industry after theCongo signed an order to lift royalties last week: Compared with most other countries, these levies are still…
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