January 23, 2017 Kibali ends challenging year with strong finish The Kibali gold mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo has continued its performance improvement in the second half of the year after a tough first half.
January 23, 2017 Endeavour Mining reports record gold output in 2016, shares climb The company, which earlier this month revealed is in merger talks with African gold producer Acacia Mining, expects to produce between 600,000 and 640,000 ounces of the precious metal this…
January 20, 2017 Palladium price surges to 22-month high Years of underinvestment in top producer South Africa affecting supply.
January 20, 2017 Sibanye $2.2bn acquisition of Stillwater passes antitrust conditions Takeover would make of Sibanye Gold the world's third largest palladium producer and fourth biggest platinum group metals miner.
January 18, 2017 Rio Tinto, Chinalco put an end to copper joint venture The amicable divorce ends a six-year-old exploration joint venture originally set to find copper deposits in China.
January 17, 2017 DRC okays Chinese acquisition of Freeport’s giant copper-cobalt mine State-owned Gecamines clears final hurdle for Freeport and Lundin's blockbuster sale of one of Africa's largest copper mines.
January 17, 2017 First shipment of iron ore from Vale’s new S11D mine en route to Asia The company has loaded 26,500 tonnes of iron ore onto three ships at the company's port of Ponta de Madeira.
January 17, 2017 These are the African countries investors should pay attention to New report says the underlying question for investors lies on the risk/reward balance — whether outstanding geology beats corruption and security issues.
January 15, 2017 Copper to be best performing commodity of 2017 — analysts Experts and industry actors interviewed by MINING.com see prices picking up this year, driven by declining supplies and the prospect of increased demand coming from construction, electric vehicles and other…
January 13, 2017 Strike ends at Harmony Gold’s Kusasalethu mine Company to launch probe into the causes of the illegal sit-in of nearly 48 hours.
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
