Alphamin pushes ahead with $152m tin mine in the DRC
The proposed review of the existing 2002 mining code in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is not a concern at this stage for...
South32 signs $30m option over Alaska copper prospect
SOUTH32 has again turned northwards in its search for diversification signing an option agreement with Toronto-listed Trilogy Metals in which it will invest initial...
Fire disturbs South32’s Cannington full-year output guidance
SOUTH32 has cut its full-year production forecast at its Cannington lead, silver and zinc mine following an underground fire causing damage that would take...
Glencore sells Rosh Pinah, Perkoa to Trevali for $400m
GLENCORE is to sell two zinc mine in Africa for $400m to Trevali Mining Corporation, a Canadian listed company with ambitions to become a...
Cupric Canyon bullish on doubling Khoemacau output
CUPRIC Canyon Capital said its proposed Khoemacau underground copper mine in Botswana's Kalahari Copper Belt could become twice as large as the 50,000 tonnes/year...
Vedanta’s Anil Agarwal says SA’s ‘agony’ can be overcome
THERE is the brief prospect of travelling in the Rolls to the Mount Nelson hotel in Cape Town’s Gardens district, but I’m shepherded instead...
Vedanta starts trial mining at Nchanga before reopening
AN improvement in operating conditions in Zambia, including a 15% reduction in the electricity tariff, has given UK-listed mining group, Vedanta, confidence to start...
Glencore pays $534m cash for Mutanda, higher stake in Katanga
GLENCORE is to buy full control of Mutanda Mining, a copper producer in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and lift its stake in the...
Vedanta, Anglo zinc merger “needs to be digested”: Agarwal
VEDANTA executive chairman, Anil Agarwal, hasn't entirely given up the notion of combining his group's Hindustan Zinc with Anglo American which he said today...
Glencore studying “strategic options” over DRC’s Mutanda
GLENCORE was "considering its strategic options" in respect of its $1.8bn Mutanda Mining Company, a producer of copper and cobalt that mines in the...