Gold mining in Tanzania is taking a dip as the electricity shortages plaguing the country, impacts on the industry. Read more »
The DR Congo accounts for about two-thirds of the world's cobalt, a key component of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that power electronic devices and electric vehicles, ... Read more »
The government has issued an export permit for all the 277 containers full of gold and copper concentrates which had been held in Dar es Salaam since 2017. This comes after Barrick ... Read more »
Following a land audit which unearthed multiple farm ownerships by influential officials in violation of the government's one-man-one-farm policy, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has ... Read more »
Mbada Diamonds could have denied Zimbabwe of millions of dollars in revenue by under-declaring its diamond sales over the years after it emerged that its average price per carat ... Read more »
The country plans to ban the export of raw minerals, including platinum, in the next five years to encourage local processing. Read more »
In a significant development, the Johannesburg High Court has granted permission to appeal an earlier ruling that denied class action certification for 140,000 women and chil Read more »
Villagers in Madagascar are suing Rio Tinto, a major mining company, claiming the company's mine has polluted nearby lakes and rivers with lead and uranium. The 64 residents of ... Read more »
Decades of lead mining by Anglo-Americans left the Kabwe community in Zambia gasping for breath, literally and figuratively. The land is choked with lead dust, the air thick with ... Read more »
An inquiry into the fatal incident at South Africa's Impala Platinum (Implats) Mine at Rustenburg in the North West province, in which 11 miners died and 75 were injured on ... Read more »
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