Congo prolongs ban on conflict mineral trading sites
THE Democratic Republic of Congo’s mines ministry has prolonged a prohibition on mineral trading from dozens of artisanal operations in its conflict-affected eastern provinces…
Mercuria, Techmet eye Congo tantalum project
GENEVA-based Mercuria Energy Group has discussed developing a tantalum project in eastern Congo’s conflict zone with US-backed investment firm TechMet, contingent on the Trump…
Investors propose international agency to monitor mining
A COALITION of investors managing $18 trillion in assets has called for the establishment of an independent International Minerals Agency modelled on the International Energy…
UN names Rwandan firm in Congo mineral trafficking
A CONFIDENTIAL United Nations report has identified Rwanda’s Boss Mining Solution as complicit in purchasing minerals smuggled from rebel-controlled areas of Congo, according to…
Miners accused of forced labour in Congo
GOLD miner Twangiza Mining SA has accused Rwanda-backed M23 rebels of forcing its employees to work without pay after seizing its mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,…
Partnerships will transform Africa’s mining sector
AFRICA’S mining sector stands at a crossroads. With its vast mineral reserves, the continent possesses the resources to power the next phase of development for the continent and…
Alphamin evacuates Bisie as rebels bear down on Congo mine
ALPHAMIN Resources has suspended mining at its Bisie tin mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo as insurgent military groups bear down on the operation. The Toronto-listed firm…
Congo miner Alphamin says conflict could affect Bisie
ALPHAMIN Resources Corp said on Tuesday it continued to operate “within guidance parameters” but acknowledged its risk profile “has increased” after fighting continued in the…
Court dismisses Tanzania lawsuit against Barrick Gold
ONTARIO’S Superior Court on Tuesday dismissed a case against Barrick Gold brought by Tanzanian residents on security incidents in the country, as the courts lacked jurisdiction…
Barrick to argue court case is “egregious forum-shopping”
BARRICK Gold is back in the Ontario Superior Court today where it will seek to have allegations of human rights abuses dismissed or permanently stayed. The allegations relate to…
Congo rebels making hay after seizing tantalum mining district
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…
Dubai’s IRH to seek mine turnarounds after deal with PIC
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…
Thirty-six nations meet to hammer out deep sea mining code
THE United Nations’ International Seabed Authority (ISA) will meet today to hammer out regulations governing deep sea mining despite objections from at least 27 nations. Meeting…
UN says IRH Mining dealmaker met with gold smugglers
THE chief strategist of United Arab Emirates firm IRH Mining, which recently outbid Sibanye-Stillwater for control of Zambia’s Mopani Copper, had dealings with gold smugglers in…
B2Gold employees killed in Mali after attack on convoy
B2GOLD said three employees were killed and several others injured in an attack on a company convoy in Mali about 75km west of Bamako, the country’s capital. The Canadian miner…
How the science of carbon capture aids just transition
Close to a quarter of a million workers are employed in the coal industry, hence any discontinuation of this fossil fuel cannot be spoken of without considering the…
Mali agrees Russia deal to build Africa’s largest gold refinery
MALI signed an agreement with Russia to build a gold refinery in Bamako in a development Reuters described as further evidence western influence in the West African gold producer…
US to finance Congo copper refinery treating artisanal dug ore
THE Democratic Republic of Congo is backing the development of a $350m copper refinery that will treat concentrate dug by artisanal miners, said Bloomberg News. Crucially, the…
Why the bull run in metal and mineral prices will resume
SPEAKING at the London Indaba conference this month, Anglo American’s senior economist Paul Gait demonstrated a divergence between the investment market’s stated views about…
Obituary: Peter Skeat, the tirelessly combative miner, and foe of Brett Kebble
PETER Skeat, the mercurial mining contractor who clashed with the late Brett Kebble, died last week at the age of 70. Skeat’s career was as varied and unpredictably faulted as…