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.
Zambia and Zimbabwe have each committed $220m in public equity to the long-delayed Batoka Gorge hydro scheme, a $4.2bn, 2,400MW project on the Zambezi, and held a market-sounding session in June 2026.
Lobito Atlantic Railway received its first copper shipment from the DRC in about two months after repairing flood-damaged track, restoring a key Congolese export route.
Turaco Gold has completed a pre-feasibility study for its Afema project in Côte d'Ivoire, outlining a 10.3-year mine producing about 200,000 ounces of gold a year.
Lobito Atlantic Railway has resumed carrying Congolese copper after floods in Angola's Benguela province cut the line in April 2026, restoring a key mineral export route to the Atlantic.
Wood Mackenzie estimated that sulphur supply disruption from the Iran war could remove up to 125,000 tonnes of copper output in the DRC, as acid prices more than doubled.
Zimbabwe delivered 3,951kg of gold to Fidelity Gold Refinery in May 2026, up 18.8% from April and the highest monthly total of the year so far.
Elevate Uranium has lifted the uranium resource at its Marenica project in Namibia by 31% to 52.8 million pounds, taking its total Namibian resource base above 116 million pounds.
Caledonia Mining released 2025 drilling results from its Motapa property in Zimbabwe, including 19m at 8.08g/t, and said a maiden resource would follow in the third quarter of 2026.
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.
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.
Resolute Mining said Syama would produce only about 30,000oz in the June quarter, well below the 40,000-45,000oz expected, after security problems in Mali disrupted equipment deliveries and explosives supply.
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.
Zambia has extended its 10% export duty waiver on copper concentrate to 30 September 2026, covering almost 272,000 tonnes, as smelter maintenance and outages limit domestic processing capacity.
Central banks made net gold purchases of 19 tonnes in April 2026, World Gold Council data published on 3 June showed, with Poland the largest single buyer.
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.
Konkola Copper Mines began a planned 60-day maintenance shutdown of its Nchanga smelter on 29 May, with work scheduled to run to 25 July as part of Vedanta's modernisation plan.
South Africa's energy regulator Nersa has approved a concessionary 62c/kWh electricity tariff for ten ferrochrome smelters run by Samancor and Glencore-Merafe, a 75% discount to Eskom's standard rate.
Rhodium prices fell about 10% in ten trading days in late May 2026, dropping to around $9,000 an ounce as the market repriced from deficit to expected surplus.
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.
Elcora Advanced Materials signed a binding agreement on 27 May 2026 to acquire the Eldorado gold mine and tailings in South Africa's Barberton Greenstone Belt for $2m in cash plus shares, marking its entry into gold mine ownership.
Giyani Metals' definitive feasibility study for the K.Hill project puts initial capital at $535m and after-tax NPV at $481.5m, positioning Botswana to host its first manganese mine and a battery-materials supply chain.
South Africa's Reserve Bank raised its repo rate by 25 basis points to 7% on 28 May 2026, a move that supports the rand but raises borrowing costs across the mining sector.
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.
