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.

January 27, 2025

Premium Resources hits significant grade at Selebi North in Botswana

The Selebi North mine, 410 km north of the nation’s capital Gaborone, opened in 1990 and operated for 26 years.

January 27, 2025

Cobalt price at lowest since 2016 amid record production

China’s CMOC set a new production record last year and plans to maintain similar output levels through 2025.

January 26, 2025

South Africa coal, metal exporters to spend billions on rail

Organizations representing firms including Glencore and a unit of Anglo American are negotiating the terms of the pacts with Transnet.

January 24, 2025

S.Africa’s Richards Bay exports up 10% in 2024 amid rail improvement

Coal exports from South Africa's Richards Bay rose to 52.08 million tonnes in 2024, the highest in three years.

January 23, 2025

Fortuna’s gold-equivalent production hits record in 2024

In calendar 2024, Fortuna produced 369,637 oz. of gold plus 3.7 million oz. of silver, for a record gold-equivalent production of 455,958 oz.