1+ hour, 27+ min ago  (363+ words) The Opuwo Project in Namibia is an advanced site focused on exploring for and developing cobalt and copper resources. Chinalco (Xiong'an) Mining, a subsidiary of the Aluminum Corporation of China, has agreed to acquire a 95% stake in the Opuwo Cobalt-Copper…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (307+ words) Swedish engineering group Sandvik has secured a major order from China-based JCHX Mining Management to supply an underground mining equipment fleet for use at the Khoemacau Copper Mine in Botswana. The order, estimated at around Skr650m ($68. 55m), was recorded during the second…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (465+ words) USA Rare Earth has announced plans to invest $1. 2bn to establish a new magnet manufacturing and refined metals facility in Cherokee County, South Carolina. The facility will be located in the Bailey Industrial Park in the town of Blacksburg and will…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (260+ words) The licences are in a little-explored corridor linking Namibia's Damara Belt with Zambia and the DRC's Copperbelt. Botswana Minerals has reported that an AI-assisted exploration study discovered 36 copper anomalies within two of its eight northern Botswana licences, organised into six…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (339+ words) ZCCM-IH currently holds minority stakes as low as 10% in mines run by First Quantum, China Nonferrous and Vedanta. ZCCM Investments Holdings (ZCCM-IH), Zambia's state investment company, is planning to increase its minority stakes in several mining ventures on commercial terms,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (914+ words) The Bilboes gold project being developed by Caledonia Mining is expected to commence first production in late 2028. The Bilboes gold project is an open-pit mine being developed by Caledonia Mining (Caledonia) in Zimbabwe. The project was previously owned by Bilboes…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (25+ words) Tharisa Minerals has signed a five-year contract with Cementation Africa for developing and constructing underground mining operations at the Tharisa Mine in South Africa....

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (406+ words) General Copper Gold has signed an option agreement with Frantier Mining Namibia to secure an 80% interest in an exclusive prospecting licence covering approximately 48, 500 hectares of land in Namibia. Frantier Mining Namibia is a private arm's length company established under Namibian…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (288+ words) Once operational, the mine is expected to produce approximately 100, 000tpa of copper by 2030. The Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development of Zambia has announced that the Luanshya Copper Mine will restart production at its upper section in August 2026 following the completion…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1231+ words) The Songwe Hill rare earths project in Malawi will have a mine life of 18 years. Rare earth oxide concentrate The Songwe Hill rare earths project in Malawi is being developed by Mkango Resources, a mineral exploration and development company based…...