Africa Top Stories

Interactive infographic: The global uranium cost spectrum

Cost is as important in the economics of mining uranium as it is with precious metals. But the cost of producing uranium […]

Blair McBride | May 1, 2026 | 4:27 pm

Infographic: Gold and silver producers vs reserves

The ranks of the world’s top precious metal producing countries…

Blair McBride | June 3, 2025 | 1:38 pm

Aris Mining’s Woodyer on his billion-dollar babies

The Northern Miner podcast host Adrian Pocobelli sat down with…

Adrian Pocobelli | March 2, 2025 | 2:47 pm

Cobalt price hits lowest since 2016 amid record production

China’s CMOC set a new production record last year and…

Staff Writer | January 27, 2025 | 1:05 am

B2Gold CEO Clive Johnson on Mali risk and a life in mining

Clive Johnson has built a reputation for making successful bets…

Alisha Hiyate | December 23, 2024 | 12:48 pm

Montage Gold raises $20 million to acquire Mankono-Sissedougou JV

West Africa-focused gold explorer Montage Gold (TSXV: MAU) has closed a financing of approximately $20 million to fund its acquisition and subsequent […]

Jackson Chen | June 30, 2022 | 11:34 am

Copper Snapshot: Eight companies exploring for the red metal

Copper is essential for the global shift towards decarbonization. However, declining ore quality, mine closures, and the absence of additional investment in […]

Carl A. Williams | June 22, 2022 | 1:00 pm

New mapping method may lead to discovery of new geothermal energy, green metal resources

Researchers at the University of Twente developed a new method to analyze the earth’s continental crust, which lays the groundwork to predict […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 19, 2022 | 6:10 am

Multi-stakeholder collaboration needed to rise to meet the battery metal boom

For investors and companies involved in the extraction industries, it has been impossible to ignore the meteoric rise of battery materials in […]

Benedikt Sobotka | June 15, 2022 | 5:00 am

Base and Battery metals Snapshot: Eight companies to watch

As the world continues to electrify and concerns escalate around the supply of raw materials, including copper, zinc, lithium, and PGMs, required […]

Carl A. Williams | June 10, 2022 | 6:00 am

Aya completes health clinic near Zgounder mine, part of its ESG initiative in Morocco

Aya Gold & Silver (TSX: AYA; OTC: AYASF) has completed its first mobile health clinic near the Zgounder silver mine in Morocco. This […]

Jackson Chen | June 9, 2022 | 10:38 am

Montage expands in Côte d’Ivoire with $30M deal for Barrick-Endeavour JV project

Montage Gold (TSXV: MAU; OTC: MAUTF) has entered into an agreement with Barrick Gold and Endeavour Mining to acquire a 100% interest […]

Jackson Chen | June 8, 2022 | 11:01 am

Africa’s domestic mining sector not severely impacted by sanctions against Russia – report

More severe-than-expected sanctions against Russia will disrupt Russian mining activities in Sub‑Saharan Africa without having a serious negative impact on domestic mining […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 22, 2022 | 11:56 am

South Africans’ hair reveals heavy metal exposure from mining at Witwatersrand

An international team of researchers is analyzing individual hair samples from people living and working around the Witwatersrand basin near Johannesburg to […]

Staff Writer | May 19, 2022 | 5:05 am

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Interactive infographic: The global uranium cost spectrum

Infographic: Gold and silver producers vs reserves

Aris Mining’s Woodyer on his billion-dollar babies

Cobalt price hits lowest since 2016 amid record production

B2Gold CEO Clive Johnson on Mali risk and a life in mining

Montage Gold raises $20 million to acquire Mankono-Sissedougou JV

Copper Snapshot: Eight companies exploring for the red metal

New mapping method may lead to discovery of new geothermal energy, green metal resources

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