December 21, 2018 Lucapa Diamond locks in Mothae mine funding The Australian diamond miner has secured 100 million rand (about $7m) in development funding for the Lesotho mine from South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC).
December 21, 2018 Tasman Mining to bring historic New Zealand mine back into production The Blackwater mine was once the most prolific mine in the Reefton Goldfield, producing 700,000 ounces of gold between 1908 and 1951.
December 20, 2018 The year that politics broke the metals cycle: Andy Home In a world where the Trump Administration is leading a return to economic and resource nationalism, it’s hard to see how global metals can break free of global politics.
December 20, 2018 Clean TeQ’s Sunrise nickel-cobalt-scandium project gets green light Sunrise is one of the highest grade and largest nickel and cobalt deposits outside of Africa and one of the largest and highest grade scandium deposits in the world.
December 20, 2018 Australia’s top gold miner boosts bet on Ecuador copper project Newcrest Mining has upped its holdings in Ecuador-focused explorer SolGold to 15.33% from 13.83%, nudging further ahead of the company's second biggest shareholder BHP.
December 20, 2018 AngloGold Ashanti’s Tropicana gold mine can go underground — study A prefeasibility study into the development of a mine beneath the Boston Shaker pits confirmed the technical and financial viability of an underground mine at AngloGold Ashanti and Independence Group's…
December 20, 2018 Orocobre shares crushed on weak lithium prices, outlook Low pricing achieved recently has been affected partly by soft market conditions in China, the Brisbane-based lithium miner said.
December 19, 2018 Australia’s Kidman Resources, LG Chem ink lithium hydroxide deal Kidman will supply 12,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide a year to the diversified chemicals company for 10 years.
December 19, 2018 Havilah inks agreement for Australia’s largest undeveloped open pit copper-gold deposit The move brings the company one step closer to being granted a mining lease.
December 19, 2018 Rio Tinto, China Baowu in talks to extend Pilbara iron ore JV The miner and one of the world's top steelmakers, have agreed to negotiate a possible extension to their iron-ore joint venture in Australia.
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
