October 16, 2015 Miners need to invest $150bn to avoid looming supply shortages According to research house Wood Mackenzie, the need for investment is becoming desperate in zinc and lead and will be a major issue in the copper sector in the next…
October 14, 2015 The value of South Africa’s top miners more than halved in just a year The dramatic fall in overall market capitalization reflects, according to PwC, the impact of the ongoing commodities rout and other challenges the local industry has faced in the last year.
October 14, 2015 Miners who made Harvard’s best-performing CEO list African gold miner comes out on top.
October 13, 2015 Decades later $90 billion African mine still a distant dream Guinea President Alpha Conde: "There have been people at Simandou for 15 years, 20 years, and they’ve never produced a tonne of iron."
October 13, 2015 Codelco vows not to cut copper output even if prices keep falling The world's No.1 copper miner will keep output targets and won't make major changes to its $25 billion investment plan.
October 13, 2015 Botswana mines adopt South African online auction mechanism In a first for Botswana, major mines are now using online auctions to offload unwanted assets and recover revenue. This comes following the extensive success online auctions have experienced in…
October 13, 2015 S. Africa’s main coal union accepts wage offer, ends strike The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the Chamber of Mines, which has been negotiating on behalf of the country’s main coal producers, will sign the agreement later today.
October 12, 2015 South Africa gold companies face massive lung disease suit Hundreds of thousands of workers are suing 32 gold mining firms after contracting silicosis and tuberculosis working the country's ultra-deep gold mines.
October 9, 2015 Glencore responsible for extension of coal strike in S. Africa — union According to the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), the Swiss-based company is the one “holding the whole process to ransom".
October 8, 2015 IAMGOLD cuts 10% of staff at Rosebel Mine Current gold environment necessitates cost cutting.
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
