January 30, 2025 Resolute hit by rising costs, lower output in Mali and Senegal It expects lower production and higher costs in 2025 as its Mako mine in Senegal depletes and fiscal changes in Mali drive up expenses.
January 29, 2025 De Beers sees India as a bright spot, notes early recovery signs in US India is the world's largest centre for cutting and polishing diamonds, accounting for nine out of 10 diamonds polished globally.
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.
Copper price nears $13,000 on tariffs woes, supply strain Mine outages, tariff risks and tight supply push copper toward a milestone despite weakening Chinese demand. December 29, 2025 | 05:51 am
