COPPER producers have warned the price of the metal will become volatile as the industry struggled to bring new supply online ...

ESKOM’S application for above-inflation tariff hikes over the next three years opens the conversation about what South Africa’s national electricity utility needs to invest in to secure baseload ...

UGANDA has targeted strategic partnerships with “young” mineral developers as part of efforts to formalise its mining interests through a newly formed state-owned mining company. “This company will ...

POOR infrastructure and service delivery in Zimbabwe are compounding the impact of poor prices on lithium producers, said China’s Sinomine Resource Group. Cited in a report by Reuters, the company ...

SHARES in gold miner Pan African Resources have doubled this year, which is normally a signal to investors to steer clear of the company. At just over 33p a share, the company is quickly advancing on ...

REBELS in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are earning around $300,000 a month in production taxes after seizing control of the Rubaya coltan mining region, according to a report by Reuters. The ...

AN impassioned plea to not let corruption yet again ruin South Africa’s promising growth prospects was made today by Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) president Mxolisi Mgojo at the Joburg Indaba ...

AUROUS Gold said it had raised $7.5m as part of its proposed merger with New York listed blank cheque company Rigel Resources Acquisition Corp. “Aurous Gold and Rigel continue to advance discussions ...

SINOMINE is to build a $500m lithium refinery in Zimbabwe in the next three to five years despite losing money following a crash in the price of the metal. “We have to borrow from the market and ...

SOUTH African asset manager Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has signed an agreement to cooperate with Dubai’s International Resources Holding (IRH) aimed at breathing life into underperforming ...

BARRICK Gold said it had agreed to find a “global resolution” with Mali regarding “existing claims and disputes” between its Loulo and Gounkoto gold mining firms and the government. Details of the ...

THE South African mining industry should keep Gwede Mantashe “accountable” after the country’s mines minister said a new mineral cadastre would be ready next year. “The industry would love to see the ...