FLOODING in western Angola has suspended rail traffic along the Lobito Corridor, disrupting a critical export route for copper, cobalt and other minerals from central Africa, said Bloomberg News on ...

THE century-old Benguela railway is back in business. Running from the copper belt of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) through Zambia to Angola’s deep-water port of Lobito, it is emerging as one ...

ZIMBABWE has awarded export quotas for lithium concentrates to two Chinese mining companies, said Reuters citing state media ...

ZAMBIAN copper producer Jubilee Metals has spent the past two years pitching itself as an emerging copper miner rather than ...

BOTSWANA’S President Duma Boko has travelled to Oman to sign cooperation agreements and advance his country’s efforts to acquire a controlling stake in diamond giant De Beers, said Bloomberg News.

ESKOM will supply South Africa’s ferrochrome industry with heavily discounted power for the next five years under an amended ...

THE World Bank has lowered its 2026 growth forecast for Sub-Saharan Africa to 4.1%, unchanged from 2025 and down from the 4.4 ...

ESKOM has opted for less revenue from South Africa’s ferrochrome producers rather than no revenue at all. For a company that ...

A BUOYANT tin price helped Congo miner Alphamin to record earnings in the March quarter in which it also generated $128m in ...

ZIMBABWE will impose export quotas on lithium concentrates and require producers to commit to local processing facilities ...