GHANA is drawing up its most extensive rewrite of mining rules in twenty years – a move that would sharply cut how long companies can run mines in Africa’s top gold producer before having to renew ...

KENMARE Resources downgraded its ilmenite production forecast for this year owing to delays at a $341m project aimed at accessing a new section of the company’s Moma mine in Mozambique. The UK-listed ...

Base metals exploration development company Arc Minerals says its copper JV with Anglo American in Zambia remains firmly on track. Anglo in May rebuffed an all-share takeover bid from BHP which was ...

US electricity consumption is rising so rapidly that coal usage could increase dramatically, said Bloomberg News citing comments by Peabody Energy Corp. The surge in power demand, combined with US ...

Against the backdrop of record high prices for gold, Sibanye-Stillwater has reported a surge in illegal mining incidents and arrests around its South African operations that produce the precious metal ...

THE Democratic Republic of Congo’s state-owned gold trading company is targeting sales of 15 tons this year from the country’s artisanal mining sector, with the central bank identified as a potential ...

LONDON’S centuries-old dominance as the world’s premier destination for mining finance is drawing to a close as investors increasingly favour Australia and Canada for backing resource ventures, said ...

WEST African Resources (WAF) said on Tuesday it had received assurance from the Burkina Faso government that its mining licence would not be withdrawn. This follows comments by Ibrahim Traore, Burkina ...

A worker holds lumps of ferrochrome, an ingredient used to make stainless steel. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images GLENCORE Merafe Chrome Venture produced 51% less ferrochrome ...

SOUTH African gold producer DRDGOLD has more than doubled its cash reserves to R1.31bn in its 2025 financial year ended June, up from R521.5m the previous year, driven by surging gold prices that ...

MADAGASCAR’S central bank governor Aivo Andrianarivelo is leading efforts to combat gold smuggling as criminal gangs use aircraft and helicopters to traffic an estimated 20 tons annually, worth ...

CANADA will deploy around C$3.5bn ($2.6bn) in investments and programmes to accelerate the development of critical minerals deposits, as the country seeks to position itself as a reliable alternative ...