Mines

By Dennis Ayemba The technology group Wärtsilä will supply an 18 MW extension to the power generating facility and upgrade the electrical and automation system of the existing power plant at the Sabodala-Massawa...

Reuters  African Rainbow Minerals Chief Executive Mike Schmidt has said the company is not convinced high nickel prices are sustainable as it considers the future of its Nkomati mine. South...

Unidentified armed men killed six civilians and injured two others in an attack on a convoy returning from a gold mine operated by Endeavour Mining in eastern Burkina Faso, according...

By Tristan Bove South Africa is by far the world’s largest producer of platinum, a precious metal that is among the rarest on Earth, and extremely valuable to the electronics...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the most resource-rich countries in the world — its untapped deposits of raw minerals are estimated to be worth in excess of...

Canada’s Asante Gold (TSX-V: ASE) has begun operations of the processing plant and associated equipment at its Bibiani gold mine in Ghana. The pure gold exploration and development company has carried an evaluation period during which...

An intensifying feud between shareholders of the giant Tenke Fungurume mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo may lead a court-appointed administrator to block its exports of copper and cobalt, effectively removing...

By Andy Home, Reuters. Henry Ford was right all along, it turns out. After decades of honing just-in-time global supply networks, car companies are going back to Ford’s founding principle...

Platinum producer Tharisa Plc has acquired a controlling stake in a platinum group metals (PGMs) project in Zimbabwe which will eventually double its output, it said on Thursday. Tharisa exercised...

Cecilia Jamasmie  Kinross Gold (TSX: G) (NYSE: KGC) is selling its 90% interest in the Chirano mine in Ghana to fellow Canadian Asante Gold (CSE: ASE) in a cash and shares deal worth...