Africa

A 208-wagon coal train derailed in South Africa over the weekend partially shutting a rail line that links mines to the Richards Bay export...

BloombergNEF has upped its predictions for annual demand for lithium-ion batteries by more than a third from its previous forecast on the back of...

Congolese authorities have seized 31 kg of gold, worth around $1.9 million, in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in the country’s northeast, in a rare...

The International Copper Study Group (ICSG) has released preliminary data for March world copper supply and demand in its June 2021 Copper Bulletin. Data indicates...

The International Monetary Fund said yesterday it was concerned by Nigeria’s move to renew fuel subsidies and urged the government to continue efforts to...

Botswanan diamond firm Debswana said yesterday it had unearthed a 1 098-carat stone that it described as the third largest of its kind in...

A community near Ladysmith in Kwa-Zulu Natal is jubilant after discovering a field full of the precious stones.Hundreds of community members have flocked to...

Experts are expected to head to the KwaZulu-Natal town of Ladysmith, where crowds of people have gathered to search for diamonds.KZN Premier Sihle Zikalala...

Canada’s Lucara Diamond (TSX:LUC) has unearthed yet another massive gem-quality rock at its prolific Karowe mine in Botswana.The 470-carat top light brown cleavage diamond measures 49x42x26mm and it’s Lucara’s...

Botswana Diamonds ('BOD'), the AIM and BSE listed diamond explorer, updates the three-dimensional model of the recent kimberlite discovery on South Africa's Thorny River diamond project.   Following the recently...