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Glencore began exploring the sale of a majority stake in its Kamoto Copper Company operation in the DRC, holding talks with Orion Resource Partners amid the prolonged cobalt export suspension.
Ivanhoe Mines began the second stage of dewatering at its flooded Kakula copper mine in the DRC, aiming to cut the underground water level by roughly a metre a day.
Ivanhoe Mines agreed to a $500m investment from Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, which will take a 4% stake as the miner works to overcome flooding at its Kamoa-Kakula copper complex.
Zimbabwe's Cabinet has approved a $450m, four-year deal with India's Jindal to rehabilitate Hwange Power Station's original six units, aiming to lift their output from roughly 300MW toward 2,000MW.
B2Gold approved development of the Antelope underground deposit at its Otjikoto mine in Namibia on 15 September 2025, after cutting the pre-production capital estimate to $105m from $129m.
Human Rights Watch says residents affected by the February 2025 Sino-Metals acid spill in Zambia continue to report health problems and is calling for a comprehensive, independent health investigation.
Pan African Resources reported record annual profit for the year to June 2025 and guided to a near-40% rise in production for FY2026, while confirming plans to shift its primary listing to London.
Five men linked to the company that ran the Jagersfontein tailings facility face murder and health-and-safety charges after the 2022 dam collapse that killed two people.
Angola is targeting 17.5 million carats of annual diamond output by 2027, banking on its giant new Luele mine to challenge for a place among the world's top producers.
Ivanhoe Mines said debottlenecking work at its Kipushi zinc mine in the DRC finished early and under budget, keeping the operation on track for its 2025 production guidance.
First Quantum Minerals abandoned plans to sell minority stakes in its Kansanshi and Sentinel mines in Zambia, its CEO said on 25 August 2025, after a $500m Jiangxi Copper prepayment and an earlier $1bn Royal Gold stream eased balance-sheet pressure.
Peabody Energy terminated its agreement to buy Anglo American's steelmaking coal portfolio for up to $3.8bn on 19 August 2025, prompting Anglo to launch arbitration over the collapsed deal a month later.
Lucapa Diamond Company has gone into administration in Australia, with a Dubai-based group offering a $10m rescue deal covering its stake in Angola's Lulo mine.
Newmont finalised its $1bn sale of the Akyem gold mine in Ghana to China's Zijin Mining Group in August 2025, receiving the last $100m instalment after Ghana's Parliament ratified the mine's extended lease.
A US customs ruling that 1kg and 100oz gold bars from Switzerland were subject to tariffs briefly unsettled bullion markets, until Trump said gold would not be tariffed.
Petra Diamonds secured a refinancing deal pushing out its debt maturities and raising $25m in new equity, sending its shares up sharply.
First Quantum Minerals agreed on 5 August 2025 to a $1bn gold stream with Royal Gold referenced to copper production at its Kansanshi mine in Zambia, providing non-dilutive funding as it expands the operation.
A legal analysis published in August 2025 argued that ARECOMS lacked the statutory authority under DRC's Mining Code to suspend cobalt exports, exposing the state to potential liability claims.
A Sierra Leone court extended a freezing order on Koidu Limited's assets after the diamond miner went into care and maintenance amid a strike and a long-running community lawsuit.
Vedanta's R7bn Phase II expansion of the Gamsberg zinc mine in South Africa's Northern Cape was 75% complete in the first quarter of its 2026 financial year, on track to double the mine's ore capacity.
Ivanhoe Mines raised its Kamoa-Kakula cash-cost forecast by 12% as it began a second stage of dewatering the flood-hit Kakula mine, with submersible pumps arriving on site.
President Trump's proclamation of a 50% tariff on semi-finished copper imports, effective 1 August 2025, triggered a scramble to ship metal into the US and tightened supply elsewhere.
Valterra Platinum will begin trial underground mining at its Mogalakwena complex by late 2026, testing whether higher-grade ore beneath the Sandsloot pit can extend the mine's life well beyond its open pits.
Resolute Mining has published an initial resource of 266,000oz at its Bantaco prospect near the Mako gold mine, as it looks to extend gold production in Senegal by five to ten years.
