January 29, 2025 China funnelled $57 billion to control critical mineral supply chain A network of at least 26 state-backed banks has helped Beijing tighten its grip on critical minerals over the past two decades.
January 28, 2025 Wabtec wins $248 million locomotive order from Winning Consortium The order is to support their rail operations at the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea.
January 28, 2025 Liberia anticipates new minerals discovery will draw $3 billion Studies conducted over five decades and funded by the Chinese show the iron ore exporter also has uranium, lithium, cobalt, manganese and neodymium deposits.
January 28, 2025 Montero Mining settles with Tanzania for $27 million The company previously submitted a claim for C$90 million with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.
January 28, 2025 Botswana’s leader says diamond deal reached with De Beers The new agreement had not resulted in “any major changes, just a little tweaking of things here and there,” Botswana’s president Duma Boko says.
January 28, 2025 Congo rebel gains to boost illicit mineral trade through Rwanda, analysts say M23 insurgent group entered eastern Congo's largest city this week.
January 27, 2025 GRAPH: What global copper mining’s top tier could look like The Rio Tinto-Glencore merger appears stalled and a BHP-Anglo American tie-up is indefinitely postponed, but copper mining is already top heavy.
January 27, 2025 Tin miner Alphamin slumps after rebels take Congolese city Rwanda-backed rebels overran the eastern Congolese city of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province where the company’s tin mines are located.
January 27, 2025 Barrick, Mali to start new negotiations on Tuesday Barrick has temporarily suspended its mining operations in Mali.
January 27, 2025 Ghana plans gold board to increase earnings and curb smuggling Ghana plans to launch a Gold Board to streamline gold purchases from small-scale miners, increase earnings and reduce smuggling.
Zimbabwe to continue mineral purchases in 2026, central bank governor says The central bank has aggressively pursued a foreign currency accumulation strategy through mandatory mining royalties, outright gold purchases and leveraging on the rally in gold. December 28, 2025 | 09:29 am
