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LME Iron Ore: South African Supply Constraints Show Limited Easing
The modest improvements in South African rail performance reported by Kumba Iron Ore this week may signal the…
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Smelter Overhaul Puts Konkola on the Clock as Vedanta Targets 300,000-t Copper Run-Rate
Vedanta Resources will take its Nchanga smelter offline for a “full shutdown and refurbishment,” the firm’s Konkola Copper…
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From Pit to Planet: How Smarter Mine-Waste Strategies Are Re-drawing the Minerals Supply Chain
1. The new starting point: waste as a “critical material” Every tonne of copper, nickel or lithium unearthed…
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Gabon’s Energy Minister to Court Investors at AEW 2025 With $1.9 Billion Power-Build Pipeline
Gabon’s minister for universal access to water and energy, Philippe Tonangoye, will travel to Cape Town in late…
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Hainan Mining Locks In All Bougouni Lithium Under Four-Year Take-or-Pay Pact
China’s Hainan Mining will take every tonne of spodumene concentrate the Bougouni lithium project in southern Mali can…
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Resolute Bets $530 Million on Côte d’Ivoire Gold Find
Resolute Mining has drilled into what it says is a 100-tonne gold reserve at the Doropo project in…
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Asante Lines Up US $470 Million to Recast Debt, Expand Ghana Gold Mines
ASX-listed Asante Gold has assembled a US $470 million financing stack designed to erase acquisition debt and push…
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Mali Breaks Ground on Russia-Backed Gold Refinery to End Raw Exports
Mali has broken ground on a 200-ton-a-year gold refinery in Senou, outside the capital, betting that local beneficiation…
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Mali Seizes Barrick Flagship Mine in Escalating Tax Standoff
A Bamako commercial court has handed control of Barrick Gold’s flagship Loulo-Gounkoto complex to a state-appointed administrator for…
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Zimbabwe Lithium Miners Seek Export Tax Delay as Industry Builds Refining Capacity
Zimbabwean lithium producers are requesting a two-and-a-half-year postponement of the country’s new 5% export tax on concentrate, arguing…
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Ghana Targets $12 Billion Revenue Boost Through Small-Scale Gold Mining Expansion
Ghana projects annual revenues of $12 billion from small-scale gold mining operations if it successfully doubles current artisanal…
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Mali Postpones Crucial Hearing in Barrick Mining Standoff, Extending Gold Supply Disruption
A Malian commercial court has delayed until May 22 a pivotal hearing that could determine whether the government…
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