February 2, 2018 Electric cars and niche metals lure cash to Africa’s mines Here are five metals grabbing attention across the continent.
February 2, 2018 Sibanye-Stillwater trapped miners brought to surface safely The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) is demanding that Beatrix gold mine remains closed pending a probe and has asked the South African government to investigate why…
February 1, 2018 Globe CA appointed as preferred training partner to Claycrete Zambia Globe Competency Assurance hosted a delegation from Claycrete Zambia and the Zambian National Service in Perth, WA today to support a large-scale ‘Road Rehabilitation Project’ commencing shortly in rural Zambia.
February 1, 2018 Glencore says copper output will rise as Katanga ramps up The Katanga mine in Democratic Republic of Congo likely to add roughly 150,000 tonnes of copper and 11,600 tonnes of cobalt in 2018.
February 1, 2018 Acacia adopts fresh gold price protection measures Miner has spent $2 million to lock in the option to sell 120,000 ounces of future output at $1,320 an ounce, as it waits for Tanzania exports ban to end.
February 1, 2018 World Copper Conference to be held in Santiago, Chile on April 9 to 11 CRU’s 17th World Copper Conference is a premier copper conference that attracts over 500 delegates.
February 1, 2018 More than 900 Sibanye miners trapped underground, not in danger Originally there were more than 1,000 miners stuck underground, but sixty-four were rescued overnight.
January 31, 2018 Congo just gave the cobalt price another big boost DRC stuns miners with immediate lifting of 10-year exemption for licensees, 50% tax on 'super-profits' and code permitting 5-fold increase in cobalt royalty.
January 31, 2018 Zimbabwe to take over steelmaker’s $500 million debt Zimbabwe plans to take on about $500 million of debt owed by state-owned steelmaker Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company to allow company revival.
January 31, 2018 Congo shocker fells Ivanhoe Mines stock Vancouver-based company headed by billionaire mining financier Robert Friedland loses 11% of its value after DRC stuns with new mining code.
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
