Military juntas in West Africa fail to quell jihad violence
MILITARY juntas in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have failed to bring stability to their countries amid a fresh surge in jihad violence, said...
Zambia considering $900m coal-fired power plant
ZAMBIA is considering building a $900m coal-fired power plant as the country battles unprecedented electricity shortages, said Bloomberg News.
The worst regional dry spell in...
Exxaro said to be suffering exodus of senior leaders
EXXARO Resources had suffered an exodus of senior employees owing to the management style of the coal miner's CEO of two years Nombasa Tsengwa,...
Rossouw to make NextSource ‘Xstrata of battery metals’
CHINA dominates huge portions of the mining supply chain for electric batteries. In copper, for instance, a key element for all electric vehicles (EVs),...
Dispute flares over illegal mining at Optimum Coal
LIBERTY Coal said on Friday it had launched a R600m damages claim in the High Court against Kego Mining which it alleges illegally mined...
Lucapa CEO Nick Selby announces decision to step down
LUCAPA Diamond Company said it had appointed head of operations Alex Kidman as CEO and MD after Nick Selby announced his intention to step...
Plight of Stilfontein’s illegal miners worsens amid extortion claim
EFFORTS to reach illegal miners at the Buffelsfontein mine near Stilfontein in South Africa's North West province have been frustrated by red tape and,...
Resolute CEO released by Mali ending 10-day ordeal
RESOLUTE Mining said on Thursday its CEO Terry Holohan and two other employees had been released from the Economic and Financial Centre of Bamako,...
Kore finally lands EPC contract as China commits $1.93bn
SHARES in Kore Potash yo-yoed on Wednesday after the firm concluded its long-awaited engineering, procurement and construction contract for Kola, a 2.1 million ton...
Pan African transformed this Jo’burg eyesore into a new mine
It's hard to believe that we were standing on the historic Mogale mine dump, west of Johannesburg, only 14 months ago, reimagining the future...