Mali's transitional parliament has approved a law creating a new state agency, OMASP, to regulate and secure the sale of gold and other precious minerals amid huge estimated smuggling losses.
The DRC said it expects no major disruption to copper and cobalt production despite Middle East supply-chain pressure, reporting first-quarter copper exports of 824,000 tonnes.
Rössing Uranium celebrated 50 years of operation at a ceremony in Swakopmund, with Chinese majority owner CNNC pledging continued investment in the world's longest-running open-pit uranium mine.
Lindian Resources has completed the first production blast at its Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi, starting active mining ahead of a targeted fourth-quarter start-up.
The FTSE/JSE All Share Index opened the week of 29 June 2026 higher, supported by a weaker dollar, gains in mining shares and new listings on the exchange.
The World Gold Council's 2026 Central Bank Gold Reserves Survey drew a record 76 responses, with 89% of reserve managers expecting global gold holdings to keep increasing.
Goldman Sachs cut its year-end 2026 gold price target from $5,400 back to $4,900 on 20 June 2026, citing fading ETF inflows and the removal of expected rate cuts.
GoviEx Uranium and Niger's mining ministry held a week of technical and legal talks in Niamey in June 2026 aimed at drafting a new mining convention that could pave the way back to the Madaouela uranium project.
Guinea's Ministry of Mines and Geology on 18 June reviewed a feasibility study from Simfer and China Baowu Steel for a pellet plant with capacity of 2 million tonnes a year, meeting a Simandou co-development commitment.
Pan African Resources said multiple parties have approached it about co-investing in the Poplar gold project near Evander, an early-stage target estimated at 6.6 million ounces.
Mimosa, the Impala Platinum and Sibanye-Stillwater joint venture in Zimbabwe, is reviving a $130m life-extension project after PGM prices recovered from the lows that forced its suspension in 2024.
South Africa's mineral sales reached R332bn in the four months to April 2026, up 36.5% year-on-year, with the Minerals Council projecting full-year sales near R995.5bn.
Zambia's power utility ZESCO says the country's electricity supply is stable and nationwide load management will not return this year, citing improved hydro, thermal and solar generation.
BMI cut its platinum and palladium price forecasts in mid-2026, citing shrinking global car sales and a recovering South African PGM supply chain.
South Africa's government has proposed a 25% export tax on raw chrome ore and new permitting requirements, aiming to revive a ferrochrome smelting industry that has shrunk from 66 furnaces to just 11.
Guinea's bauxite exports keep setting records in 2026, but free-on-board prices have slid to around $38-39 a dry tonne as oversupply and rising freight costs squeeze producer margins.
Transnet Port Terminals has finished testing a new R4bn tippler at Saldanha Bay, the terminal that handles about 96% of South Africa's iron-ore exports, with full handover due in September 2026.
Wesizwe Platinum will cut about 497 of its 706 employees as it scraps a phased ramp-up at its Bakubung mine in favour of jumping directly to 3.5 million tonnes a year of ore.
Ivanhoe Mines' Kipushi mine in the DRC set a new monthly zinc production record in May, putting it on course to become the world's fourth-largest zinc producer this year.
Iron ore exports from Guinea's Simandou project reached 2.2 million tonnes in May, up from a record 1.3 million tonnes in April, suggesting bottlenecks at the Morébaya port are starting to ease.
Theta Gold Mines said on 1 June 2026 it had priced a $90m senior secured bond to fund construction of its TGME gold project at Pilgrim's Rest, targeting first gold in early 2027.
South Africa's energy regulator has approved a concessionary 62c/kWh Eskom tariff for Samancor Chrome and Glencore-Merafe's ferrochrome smelters, aimed at halting further plant shutdowns.
At London's annual Platinum Week, the World Platinum Investment Council warned against expecting another price doubling, while analysts highlighted AI-linked data storage and green hydrogen as emerging demand sources.
Tharisa reached agreement with Zimbabwe's government on fiscal stability terms for its $545m Karo Platinum project, including a 15% corporate tax rate and the right to remit dollars to service project debt.
