Vedanta's Konkola Copper Mines plans a $317m, 300MW coal-fired power plant in southern Zambia, as President Hakainde Hichilema presses the company to accelerate investment to support copper growth.
Read the storyOperations, deal-making and policy across the continent's mining houses.
Tharisa has secured a $300m five-year bond at an 11% coupon to fund the balance of its $545m Karo Platinum project, where first ore to the mill is now expected in the fourth quarter of 2027.
Lobito Atlantic Railway is set to double its international cargo volumes to 800,000 tonnes by 2027 after a $300m funding boost to expand capacity along the corridor.
RAMINVEST Holding has outlined six priority drill targets at its Wompou gold project in Mauritania after surface sampling returned assays as high as 50.14 grams per tonne gold.
Transnet Freight Rail carried 167.9Mt of freight in FY2025/26, up 4.9%, as coal exports rose to 58.5Mt and iron ore to 52.8Mt, but the operator says it must clear 180Mt to meet demand.
Precious, base and bulk commodities with their latest move, and the currencies every African mining balance sheet is priced against.
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Long reads from analysts, economists and our editors on where the sector is heading.
Profiles of the listed miners and the executives steering them.
The continent's largest producers by reported output, commodity by commodity. Each table compares one reporting period, in one unit.
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