Niger puts Somaïr uranium mining in state hands
NIGER has granted a large-scale uranium-mining permit – previously held by French nuclear company Orano SA – to state-controlled Tsumco SA, Bloomberg reported.
Tsumco is...
Atomic Eagle returns to Niger’s Madaouela uranium project
ATOMIC Eagle has agreed terms with the Republic of Niger to re-establish its interest in the Madaouela uranium project, which hosts a mineral resource...
Can this be the PGM market’s next big thing?
THE hydrogen economy was supposed to be platinum's salvation, but it is turning out to be the lightest of lifelines.
Deployment of electrolyser capacity, the...
Congo flood puts Zijin’s copper goal at risk
ZIJIN Mining Group said flooding at its Kamoa-Kakula mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo is putting its full-year copper production target under pressure,...
Northam heads for record earnings on PGM price surge
NORTHAM Platinum is set to report record full-year earnings, with sharply higher PGM prices providing much of the lift.
The PGM producer is due to...
CAR orders shutdown of informal gold mine after deaths
CENTRAL African Republic authorities have ordered the closure of an artisanal gold mine near the border with Cameroon after a collapse killed at least...
US-backed group eyes $500m Tanzania nickel investment
AMERICA'S race to loosen China’s grip on critical minerals is zeroing in on Tanzania, where a US-backed investment vehicle is preparing to put roughly...
Johannesburg is having a gold rush … Sort of
THE last time gold was as valuable, prospectors, gamblers, bounders and other rakes were united in scouring the globe – from California to Johannesburg...
Let mine waste pay for mining’s cleanup, says Niël Pretorius
DRDGOLD CEO Niël Pretorius has spent much of the past two decades trying to show that cleaning up the legacy of South Africa’s gold...
US backs African rare earths as private capital stays away
THE US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is backing a pipeline of African rare-earth projects in an effort to reduce investment risks and attract private...