©African Mining, incorporating Mining Mirror The Africa Energy Indaba (AEI) has announced that South Africa’s Minister of Energy and Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, will deliver the keynote address at the event taking place…
The Lithium Ridge asset in Namibia. (Image courtesy of Andrada Mining.) Chile’s SQM (NYSE: SQM), the world’s second largest lithium producer, has received approval from Namibian regulators to proceed with a earn-in agreement with…
Barrick Gold, the world’s second-largest gold producer, has reached an agreement with Mali’s government, ending a nearly two-year dispute that had halted mining operations contributing up to 10% of the…
Mark Bristow, CEO of Barrick Gold, the Canadian mining giant and the world’s second-largest gold producer, is well-acquainted with disputes involving African governments. In an interview with The Economist at…
Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino. (Image: Mulino’s X account.) Panama’s President said his government is exploring “novel ideas” on handling First Quantum Minerals Ltd.’s giant copper mine while reiterating that…
GABORONE, Botswana — The Botswana government signed a new diamond sales agreement crucial to its economy with the De Beers mining company on Tuesday after seven years of negotiations. The deal…
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:4447M-cassiterite.jpg Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - More than 10 tons of strategic minerals were taken by M23 militiamen from a plant in the Congolese province of South Kivu. This is what…
The Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron deposit in Nevada. (Image courtesy of ioneer.) South African precious metals miner Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE: SSW)(NYSE: SBSW) has scrapped its planned investment in the Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project in the…
The Democratic Republic of Congo, the world’s number one cobalt producer, has banned all exportation of the metal for a minimum of four months. According to the country’s Authority for…
Experienced blasting professionals from BME’s Indonesia office recently shared their research on preventing mud flows from contaminating emulsion explosives, and proposed paths for future research. Their research paper, written in…