Vedanta Zinc suffers impact of Skorpion strike, brings annual shutdown forward
VEDANTA brought forward a planned annual shutdown of its Skorpion Zinc facilities in Namibia following a two-week strike by contractors employed by Basil Read, the...
DRC’s mining sector doubles revenue payments to $1.57bn in 2018
THE Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC's) mining sector paid $1.57bn in revenues to the government last year, up 91% on 2017, said Reuters which...
Botswana copperbelt has potential to take MOD Resources to mid-tier status
MOD Resources could one day produce double the copper scoped in a recent feasibility study - up to 60,000 tonnes annually - said the firm's...
Uganda to breathe new life in copper mine last operated during...
UGANDA is hoping to re-open a copper mine last operated in the Seventies under the leadership of dictator, Idi Amin Dada, said Reuters citing Evelyn...
Botswana copper sector gets second boost after MOD unveils $182m T3...
BOTSWANA'S emerging copper industry received a second boost in two months after Sydney- and London-listed MOD Resources outlined proposals for a $182m mine producing...
MOD Resources lifts T3 copper resource 57% ahead of March-end feasibility...
SYDNEY- and London-listed copper development company, MOD Resources, announced today a 61% lift in total tonnage of its T3 project in Botswana ahead of...
Jubilee Metals buys Glencore zinc refinery for $22.5m in shares and...
JUBILEE Metals Group has bought a refinery for $22.5m in shares and debt from Glencore which it will use to process material from its...
Alphamin in talks with lender to raise $12m after delays result...
ALPHAMIN, a Toronto- and Johannesburg-listed mining development company, is to raise $12m after identifying a working capital shortfall of $9m related to a change...
South32 to consider renewing capital payout programme as more cash expected...
SOUTH32 would think seriously about renewing its capital management programme once it had completed the current programme in which it is still to buy-back...
Ramaphosa praises Vedanta’s Gamsberg build – “… a mine left...
VEDANTA Zinc International officially opened its Gamsberg mine in a remote part of the Northern Cape on Thursday, with expansion prospects seen that could...