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The most urgent priority facing Africa today is to move from being a supplier of raw materials to becoming a value creator. Hitherto, the continent has exported its resources, to be processed...
The days of feel-good international meetings are over, affirms Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Mines Minister Louis Watum Kabamba on Wednesday; “it’s time for results!” He was delivering a...
The position of CEO of Sibanye-Stillwater is now officially taken up by Dr Richard Stewart, effective from Wednesday October 1, when former Public Investment Corporation (PIC) head of listed...
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Mali's industrial gold production fell 32% year-on-year to 26.2 tons by the end of August, weighed down by the months-long suspension of Barrick Mining's operations, according to a mines ministry...
The president and CEO of Barrick, Dr Mark Bristow, is stepping down after elevating the New York and Toronto-listed gold and copper mining company to great heights in fewer than seven years. After...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed an Article IV consultation in Botswana, which found that the diamond sector is dragging the country’s economic growth down. After growing by...
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The Joburg Indaba provides a vital platform for “frank and necessary” conversations about the future of South Africa’s mining industry, says Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane. The...
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Mali has approved seven agreements granting the State more revenue from international and local mining companies in the latest push by the military government to extract more income from the...
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The Democratic Republic of Congo is weighing up an extension of its cobalt export ban by at least two months, as officials work to finalise a quota system aimed at replacing the suspension, three...
Malian prosecutors have appealed a judge’s order to release four Barrick Mining Corp.’s employees on bail, according to people familiar with the matter. Barrick staff, including a regional manager...
The South African economy requires fruitful outcomes to emerge quickly from the planned memorandum of understanding (MoU) that that Minerals Council South Africa and South Africa’s Council for...
Orion Minerals’ Prieska copper/zinc mine, in South Africa’s well-endowed Northern Cape, has received a prospective financing and offtake uplift through the signing of a non-binding term sheet with...
South Africa needs both a competitive mining sector and a strong manufacturing base but supporting one sector by undermining another is an unsustainable strategy, Chrome SA has cautioned in a...
At least $5-bilion has been liberated by Johannesburg-listed Anglo American carrying out a joint mine plan with an adjacent copper operator in South America. Becoming one are Anglo American Sur’s...
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Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will commit to working with third parties, including the US, to revamp their mineral supply chains and develop reforms, according to a draft of an...
Following go-ahead for the required renewable energy generation, South Africa’s R105-billion Coega Green Ammonia project in Nelson Mandela Bay has now advanced to front-end engineering design...
Kazakh mining giant Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) said on Thursday it had signed a settlement with the Democratic Republic of Congo's state-owned miner Gecamines in a dispute over the Swanmines...
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