Zimbabwe’s only lithium plant lacks spare capacity
ZIMBABWE'S single operating lithium sulphate plant, run by a unit of China's Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt, has no room to process material from rival producers...
Botswana weighs options as Anglo picks De Beers bidder
ANGLO American has identified a preferred bidder for its 85% stake in De Beers, leaving Botswana to decide how it will exercise its right...
A spat over share buy-backs a happy problem for gold investors
ANGLOGOLDÂ Ashanti on July 13 urged shareholders to support a resolution to buy back up to $2bn worth of its own shares after proxy advisory...
Platinum price propels Valterra to half year earnings beat
VALTERRA Platinum is to report vastly improved earnings for the first half of 2026 owing to a two-thirds year-on-year increase in the rand basket...
DRDGold waiting on permits before completing R10bn expansion
DRDGOLD said this week it had not yet received permitting for its proposed R10bn expansion to 200,000 ounces even though half the capital had...
BHP warns copper output to fall on lower grades
BHP Group reported record annual iron ore production but warned that copper output will decline in the coming year as ore grades weaken at...
Ghana’s cabinet backs mining law overhaul
GHANA'S cabinet has approved amendments to the country's mining law for submission to parliament, Mines Minister Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah said in a Reuters report....
Mideast tensions push up Rio Tinto’s costs
RIO Tinto said higher fuel costs stemming from the US-Israeli conflict with Iran have raised its current costs and will continue to weigh on...
Ghana’s artisanal gold output set to hit new high
GHANA'S Gold Board purchased up to 54 tons (1.9 million ounces) of gold from artisanal and small-scale miners in the first half of 2026...
Insurgency threatens major China-backed Pakistan mine
PAKISTAN'S largest active copper and gold mine, the China-operated Saindak project in Balochistan, may be forced to halt operations within a month due to...