Cecilia Jamasmie , Senior Editor

China Moly ups stake in giant Tenke copper mine to 80%

Company has agreed to buy BHR Newwood DRC Holdings Ltd, a holding company set up by private equity firm BHR to buy a 24% stake in the Congo mine in 2017.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 18, 2019 | 6:43 am

Brazilian general with mining ties to solve industry-indigenous disputes

General Franklimberg Ribeiro de Freitas’s return to the country’s Indigenous Rights Agency (Funai) is seen by many as positive, as the agency has lost funding and authority on land issues.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 18, 2019 | 3:43 am

China’s slowdown is miners’ single biggest fear this year — report

Based on answers from 51 senior executives, lawyers White & Case say that trade tensions are the second largest challenge for the mining industry in 2019 and reveal what the underlying full-picture looks like.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 18, 2019 | 2:50 am

Cornish secures further funding to build lithium mine in UK

The funds will enable the company to expand activities in south-west England and to drill exploratory boreholes to extract samples of lithium-bearing brines.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 17, 2019 | 9:00 am

Avesoro Resources shares jump after exceeding 2018 gold production target

Avesoro’s annual production jumped by 15% to 220,458 ounces of gold compared with 2017, with its New Liberty mine in Liberia alone churning out 109,107 ounces.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 17, 2019 | 3:14 am

Hudbay Minerals investor Waterton seeks to replace CEO, board

Toronto-based private-equity firm Waterton Global Resource Management is launching a proxy fight with Hudbay Minerals, pushing to overhaul the board and oust its chief executive over alleged "mismanagement."

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 16, 2019 | 8:23 am

B2Gold hits record gold output in 2018 thanks to new Mali mine

For 2019, the Canadian miner forecasts gold production of between 935,000 and 975,000 ounces at all-in sustaining costs estimated at between $835 and $875 per ounce.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 16, 2019 | 6:09 am

Ford to lead blockchain pilot that traces cobalt mined in Congo

The carmaker will use a blockchain-based platform to trace supplies of cobalt from a Chinese-owned mine in the Congo for the batteries in its electric cars, in an effort to ensure they are not linked to human rights abuses.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 16, 2019 | 3:10 am

Project Halo rejects favouritism claims in Optimum coal mine buy

The South African consortium distanced itself from allegations that it is linked to the Gupta family, the previous owner of Optimum coal and other two assets.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 15, 2019 | 10:15 am

Emmerson moves forward with Africa’s hottest new potash project

Company has completed a scoping study at its Khemisset project in northern Morocco, which shows it has the potential to be among the world’s lowest capital cost potash mines.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 15, 2019 | 8:52 am

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