March 5, 2018 Thirty-three illegal miners arrested at abandoned site in South Africa According to the Chamber of Mines of South Africa, illegal miners in the country usually belong to organised crime syndicates.
March 5, 2018 Rush for cobalt, lithium as prices stay on the boil Electric vehicle boom sees number of companies exploring for lithium and cobalt tripling to 188 as budgets balloon according to new report.
March 5, 2018 Stellar Diamonds mulls takeover offer as losses deepen Miner posted a net loss of $984,928, compared to a $663,145 loss a year earlier, due to an increase in costs of developing its Tongo-Tonguma diamond project in eastern Sierra…
March 5, 2018 Lucapa fetches $1.7 million in diamond sales from Lulo Figures takes proceeds from Lulo diamonds sales so far this year to $10.8 million, at an average price per carat of $1,731.
March 4, 2018 Lundin Gold eyes growth after mine in Ecuador built “We want to grow to be an at least 1-million-ounce-a-year producer with three to four operations,” said Chief Executive Ron Hochstein at PDAC.
March 2, 2018 Angola offers former dos Santos diamond rights to investors Angola is one of the world’s top 5 diamond producers, but much of the territory remains under-explored due to 27 years of civil war.
March 2, 2018 Moody’s upgrades Barrick to Baa2 with stable outlook Company’s goal remains to reduce total debt to around $5 billion by the end of 2018.
March 2, 2018 Australia takes Rio Tinto to court over Mozambique coal deal Australia’s corporate watchdog has launched court action against the company, former chief executive Tom Albanese and chief financial officer Guy Elliott.
March 1, 2018 Rand newly gained strength may negatively impact South Africa’s gold miners: BMI "Our optimistic outlook for the rand will shift our existing positive view on South African gold miners over the coming years," says the market research firm.
March 1, 2018 Stellar Diamonds Sierra Leone project takes key step forward Funding for the project has not been secure yet, though the miner is in talks with Newfield Resources over a possible offer.
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
