London-listed Kavango Resources has begun drilling at its Prospect 3 target at the Hillside gold project  in Matabeleland, southern Zimbabwe. The drilling programme is designed to delineate a... 

Miners at two copper mines in Zambia were rescued after being trapped underground following a nationwide power outage, the energy ministry said on Monday. Zambia suffered a nationwide blackout... 

Diversified mining giant Anglo American announced on Monday the sale of its Australian steelmaking coal mines to Peabody, a US-based coal producer, for $3.8-billion. The move is part of the... 

Zambia suffered a nationwide power outage on Sunday following a "power system disturbance", the southern Africa nation's state utility Zesco said. The utility said the incident occurred our 18:15... 

Multinational metals and mining group Sibanye-Stillwater and the University of Johannesburg (UJ) have launched the Sibanye-Stillwater Simulacrum mining facility and the Sibanye-Stillwater Centre... 

 The Democratic Republic of Congo's state miner Gecamines is offering $1-million to buy cobalt and copper assets of indebted mining firm Chemaf to prevent China from increasing its control of... 

JSE-listed Murray & Roberts (M&R) has voluntarily requested a halt in the trading of its shares after announcing that its M&R Limited division and the division’s subsidiary OptiPower have been... 

Gold miner AngloGold Ashanti’s acquisition of Egypt-focused gold miner Centamin has become effective. Centamin’s share will delist from the TSX and LSE on November 25.  

London-listed Kavango Resources plans to increase high-grade gold production at Prospect 4 at the Hillside project in Matabeleland, southern Zimbabwe. High-grade gold mineralisation is currently... 

Gemstone miner Gemfields earned total auction revenues of $16.1-million at its latest auction of higher-quality emerald. It sold 30 of the 43 lots on offer, with 141 084 ct of the 200 460 ct on... 

Coal mining company Liberty Coal has launched proceedings out of the Mpumalanga division of the High Court of South Africa against another mining entity, in relation to alleged illegal mining... 

Morocco-focused Atlantic Tin has finalised paperwork for a $5-milllion fundraising with UK-based royalty and streaming company Apex Royalties. The proceeds will be used to further develop the... 

A trial to use articulated skips instead of traditional skips in the chrome loading operation at the Maydon Wharf Terminal, in KwaZulu-Natal, has set an efficiency record of more than 50%,... 

French multinational miner Eramet’s subsidiary Eramet Grande Côte and renewable energy company JUWI Renewable Energies South Africa have closed a €30-million, or R600-million, deal to build a solar... 

An unprecedented surge in demand for critical minerals on the back of global transitions to clean energy is posing significant challenges in meeting these goals, as the critical minerals sector... 

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses South Africa being back on the investment radar; concerns that the South African ferrochrome and manganese alloy industry is at risk of vanishing, and... 

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Félix Tshisekedi this week officially reopened the ultrahigh-grade Kipushi zinc/copper/lead/germanium mine, which is a joint venture (JV) between... 

Sierra Leone wants mining companies to connect to the grid and help reassure renewable-energy investors there’s enough demand in the West African nation to justify an ambitious $10.9-billion power... 

Australia-listed Lucapa Diamond Company announced on Thursday that Nick Selby had resigned as MD and CEO, citing health issues. His departure is effective immediately. 

Aim-listed tin explorer Rome Resources has revealed that results from the first two of 12 diamond drill holes at its Kalayi tin prospect, in the North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of... 

Africa-focused Marula Mining has opted to accelerate its initial work programme at the Northern Cape lithium and tungsten (NCLT) project and also seek to leverage its flexible mining and processing... 

As the world demands more “new” minerals such as copper, lithium and rare earths for use in smart technologies for decarbonisation and clean energy production, African countries have some key... 

ASX-, Aim-, and OTCQX-listed Sovereign Metals has reported encouraging initial results from traditional market downstream testwork conducted by independent consultancy ProGraphite, in Germany. The... 

London-listed mining services company Capital has appointed Graeme Dacomb as an independent nonexecutive director, effective from December. Dacomb, who is based in London, will join the company’s... 

Euronext- and Frankfurt-listed Akobo Minerals, alongside the Ethiopian government, has announced the official inauguration of the Segele mine, in the Gambella region. Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed joined... 

ASX- and LSE-listed Resolute Mining has confirmed that its CEO Terence Holohan and two other employees have left Mali after finally being released from detention. "All three employees are safe and... 

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, who is Eskom’s shareholder Minister, has reiterated his opposition to the utility receiving a 36.15% tariff hike next year, while also... 

This week: South Africa has impressively low battery manganese incentive price, Mintek@90 hears and, South Africa back on investor radar screen, Roger Baxter reports  

South Africa's Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has granted Whale Head Minerals (WHM), a subsidiary of Aim-listed investment company Kazera Global, an environmental authorisation... 

Gold miners Centamin and AngloGold Ashanti have reported that the Jersey Court has sanctioned the scheme of arrangement between the two parties that will result in AngloGold acquiring all of... 

Gold will rally to $2 900/oz by the end of next year, according to UBS Group, echoing a call from Goldman Sachs Group for further gains as central banks expand their holdings. There’s likely to be... 

A remodelled Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for electricity will be released to the public next week and is expected to deviate materially from the heavily criticised draft IRP2023, which was...