IRON ore is heading for its biggest weekly gain in more than a year after China’s state-backed buyer moved to expand restrictions on BHP products, said Bloomberg News in an article on Friday (13 March ...

A UNIT of Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) has called on the Democratic Republic of Congo to end illegal mining on one of its copper concessions after a landslide killed and injured an unspecified ...

ONE assumes the electricity regulator in South Africa (Nersa) is conscious that in approving a heavily discounted tariff for ...

THE future of one of the world’s richest diamond mines has finally been secured three years after its botched expansion threatened to bankrupt owner Lucara Diamond Corp. The Toronto-listed miner said ...

GLENCORE CEO Gary Nagle is hoping a recent surge in coal prices will help bring Rio Tinto back to the table for another attempt at creating the world’s biggest mining company, said Reuters on Friday.

RESOLUTE Mining has given the final thumbs up for its $516m Doropo project in Côte d’Ivoire, scoped in a recent feasility study to produce an average of 169,000 ounces of gold a year over the mine’s ...

MALI is creating a specialised task force with judicial powers to oversee gold mining and quarrying operations across the country, said Bloomberg News on Thursday. The Brigade spéciale des mines will ...

ORION Minerals, a Northern Cape copper developer, is optimistic its most recent investor roadshow to Australia will achieve what has so far eluded it — a broad base of institutional shareholders.

HARMONY Gold is weighing up plans to expand its surface remining activities which includes development of tailings facilities accessing 5.7 million ounces in gold resources in the Free State province.

AT least three iron ore cargoes operated by Anglo American have been diverted mid-voyage as the US and Israeli military campaign against Iran chokes one of the world’s most critical shipping corridors ...

IRAN’S military warned oil could reach $200 a barrel as fighting between the country and US-Israeli forces intensified, said Reuters on Wednesday. This comes as three more merchant vessels were struck ...

RAINBOW Rare Earths has approved a $279m rare earths project in Brazil, partnering with US fertiliser giant Mosaic to extract ...