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.