Tag: Africa mining news

The number of people killed by a gas explosion in an unused coal mine in South Africa's eastern province of Mpumalanga has risen to...

President Cyril Ramaphosa told delegates at the 25th Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town that government would introduce a range of reforms...

Copper production in Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa's top producer, rose 12.9 percent in 2018 to 1.2 million tonnes, the Chamber of Commerce said...

Canada-listed junior miner Thor Explorations (TSX-V:THX) is getting ready to begin construction at its Segilola project in Nigeria, poised to become the country’s first...

Zambia has received bids from Canada's First Quantum Minerals (FQM) and others for a 17 percent stake in state mining investment arm ZCCM-IH, the...

If you are searching for clues on how the rand will move next, watch the iron-ore price.The South African currency is closely tracking the...

Botswana's first privately owned coal mine will produce its first saleable coal in March, the chief executive of the company overseeing the project told...

Petra Diamonds Ltd. fell the most in eight months in London after the South Africa-focused miner dug up gems worth significantly less than expected.Petra...

Vedanta Ltd.’s Zambian unit will press ahead with expansion plans even as the government of Africa’s second-biggest copper producer increased mining royalties, and has...

Angola is planning to hold its first diamond auction this week, inviting around 35 companies to bid for seven stones as the world’s fifth...

The economy of Zimbabwe which was previously believed to be dominated and sustained by the Agriculture sector is slowly becoming ignited by the mining...

Fourteen miners were killed in an eastern Rwandan tin mine after a hill collapsed on them after heavy rains, officials said on Monday.“Because of...