Why are we asking for mining policy certainty when it’s policy...
COBALT, copper, lithium, manganese, nickel and the platinum group metals (PGMs): these are some of the key minerals for a low-carbon future. And sub-Saharan...
Zambia confident it can finance purchase of shares in Mopani Copper
ZAMBIA'S permanent secretary in the Ministry of Mines expected the country would finance the purchase of a larger stake in Mopani Copper Mines from...
Amplats “driving without a spare” following closure of refining capacity for...
ANGLO American Platinum’s (Amplats’) decision to pre-emptively shut its only operating refining unit in Rustenburg would leave the company "driving without a spare" well...
Communities to protest Seriti deal in planned march on South32 Johannesburg...
THE ANC Youth League will join with community and mining groups from Mpumalanga province on Friday (October 11) in a proposed 800-person march on...
Tshisekedi sworn in as DRC president ending Joseph Kabila’s 18-year rule
FELIX Tshisekedi was sworn in as the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo completing the country’s first transition of power by the ballot box...
Alphamin plans for nameplate tin concentrate production from Bisie by June
ALPHAMIN, a Toronto-listed company, said it had commissioned the front-end crushing circuit of its Bisie tin mine situated in the Democratic Republic of Congo...
Tanzania’s Magufuli appoints third mines minister since 2015 election success
TANZANIA president, John Magufuli, named his third mines minister in Dotto Bieteko since coming to power in 2015, said Reuters.
The appointment comes amid a tussle...
Prospect high AMCU strike at Sibanye-Stillwater gold mines may drag on
A STRIKE involving members of the Association of Mineworkers & Construction Union (AMCU) at the premises of Sibanye-Stillwater's gold mining operations since November 21 was...
Congo coltan producer pulls out of certificate scheme owing to “higher...
A COMPANY operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Societe Miniere de Bisunzu (SMB), a major producer of coltan which is used in...
Eskom moves to cut 70% of lower ranking managers in next...
SOUTH African power utility, Eskom, will continue its strategy of cutting costs by reducing the numbers of its lower ranking managers, said Bloomberg News...