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Alphamin says tin price sustainable as stars align

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ALPHAMIN has a tiny fraction of JSE owners, but the DRC-based tin miner is about to post a record quarter's earnings — about $158m...

Motsepe’s ARC ruled not liable for breach in Pula dispute

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AFRICAN Rainbow Capital (ARC) has won a declaratory judgment in the Johannesburg High Court which ruled it had no liability under a confidentiality agreement...

Uncertainty clouds Jubilee’s copper ambitions

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ZAMBIAN copper producer Jubilee Metals has spent the past two years pitching itself as an emerging copper miner rather than just a processor of...

Tin surge helps Alphamin to record earnings but fuel hike looms

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A BUOYANT tin price helped Congo miner Alphamin to record earnings in the March quarter in which it also generated $128m in cash. Shares in...

Zambia copper rail link to cost up to $5bn

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A RAILWAY linking Zambia's copper belt to the Angolan port of Lobito will cost between $3bn and $5bn including rolling stock, said Bloomberg News...

CATL taps Zijin Mining founder as mining advisor

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CONTEMPORARY Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL), the world's leading electric-vehicle battery manufacturer, has appointed Chen Jinghe, founder and former chairman of Zijin Mining Group,...

Canada moves to save Glencore’s Quebec copper smelter

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THE Canadian and Quebec governments are working to prevent the closure of Canada's only copper smelter after Glencore threatened to shut the facility unless...

Chile clears Codelco-Anglo copper mine venture

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CHILE'S antitrust regulator has approved the joint mining plan between state copper producer Codelco and Anglo American at the Andina-Los Bronces project in the...

Rio Tinto eyes Arizona copper mine by mid-2030s

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RIO Tinto has moved closer to opening one of the world's largest copper mines in Arizona after winning a protracted legal battle over land...

China copper stocks fall on war-driven price drop

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CHINESE copper inventories recorded their largest weekly decline this year as a sharp fall in prices triggered by the Iran war spurred a surge...