February 3, 2017 US mulls scaling back ‘conflict minerals’ rule The US Securities and Exchange Commission is reconsidering the rule, which requires companies to trace and report whether their products contain minerals from a war-torn part of Africa.
February 3, 2017 Kumba Iron Ore settles tax dispute in South Africa The miner, Africa's largest iron ore producer, will pay R2.5 billion, considerably less than the original R6.5 billion it had been asked to cough up.
February 2, 2017 South African judge clears path for Ivanhoe Mines’ Platreef mine development Judge revoked an interim order that prevented the company from relocating graves present at its Platreef platinum group metals mine, in Limpopo Province.
February 2, 2017 AIIM acquires majority stake in DSM Corridor Group Tanzania African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), a leading African infrastructure equity investment manager and member of Old Mutual Alternative Investments (OMAI), has announced the successful acquisition of a 60% effective interest…
February 1, 2017 Kenya’s new mining act is a modern piece of legislation with a few issues to iron out The new Act is largely considered to be a modern piece of legislation that is clear in terms of timelines and structures, but that still has a few challenges that…
February 1, 2017 Did this financier just call the end of the mining rally? Private equity firm Orion selling $1 billion worth of royalty, streaming and offtake assets covering gold, silver, base metals and diamonds.
February 1, 2017 Randgold resumes Tongon mine operations after deal with workers Employees who had staged an illegal sit-in at the mine returned to work Wednesday after management and authorities reached a deal with them, the company said.
February 1, 2017 Here’s what miners should expect and do in 2017 While companies face different outlooks and challenges depending on the commodity they mine and their size, Deloitte says they should all should be looking for the answer to one common…
January 31, 2017 Lucapa adds Motahe project in Lesotho to portfolio, shares jump The project, which has existing infrastructure, a camp and a diamond processing plant in place, is located just 5km from Letšeng, the highest dollars-per-carat kimberlite diamond mine in the world.
January 30, 2017 New rare earth miner lists in London, raises $10 million for Burundi project Rainbow Rare Earths plans to restart the Gakara mine, which operated for 30 years until 1978, and that still holds high grade of the coveted elements.
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
