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.
January 31, 2018 Animation: human population growth over all of history Imagine that for every million people on Earth, there was a single dot on a map. What if we went back in time, watched dots accumulate over human history?
January 31, 2018 Centamin shareholders get bumper divvy, despite 2017 profit fall Egypt-focused gold miner is paying a final dividend of 10 US cents per share, or a total of $144 million, as it vowed to return all of its excess cash…
January 31, 2018 These are top-10 global mining trends expected for 2018 Consulting firm Deloitte has published what it says will be the top-10 global trends in the mining industry this year.
January 29, 2018 Africa’s newest gold miner starts output and sees potential IPO Toro Gold became Africa’s newest gold producer last week after delivering first batch of bullion; firm is now weighing possibility of selling shares in 2018.
January 29, 2018 Loulo-Gounkoto set for record production The gold mining complex is on track to improve on its record performance, with last year’s production expected to reach a new peak.
January 29, 2018 Anglo American exits South African coal with sale of New Largo mine Last year, the miner sold other coal assets that exclusively supplied South Africa’s power utility Eskom, including New Vaal, New Denmark and Kriel collieries.
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