Senegal's government said it would take back the assets of phosphate producer ICS, ending Indorama Ventures' licence and alleging almost $1.88bn in lost state revenue over the concession's history.
Anglo American has cut De Beers's carrying value to $2.3bn from $4.1bn and is now considering selling the business in separate parts to different buyers.
African Rainbow Minerals has joined a consortium of manganese producers bidding to build and run a new 16Mtpa export terminal at Ngqura, replacing the ageing Port Elizabeth facility.
Samancor Chrome issued a Section 189 retrenchment notice in March 2026 covering the majority of its 2,403 smelter and corporate employees, blaming unsustainable electricity costs across six South African smelters.
Impala Platinum's headline earnings rose 402% in its December half, prompting an interim dividend of R3.7bn that ran to 60% of adjusted free cash flow, double the group's normal payout policy.
World Gold Council data published on 3 March 2026 showed central bank gold buying momentum easing in January even as the base of participating countries continued to broaden.
Rio Tinto approved a $473m expansion of Richards Bay Minerals on 3 March 2026, restarting the long-stalled Zulti South project despite an ongoing group-wide review that could still see the South African mineral sands operation sold.
Fitch Solutions' BMI says Zimbabwe's sudden halt to lithium concentrate exports will tighten the market until at least mid-to-late 2027, and has raised its 2026 lithium price forecasts in response.
Flooding brought down the Kakoso bridge on the Zambian road to Kasumbalesa, cutting off a route that carries roughly a third of the DRC's copper cathode exports and forcing trucks onto detours.
Anchor Capital's February 2026 local market commentary said the JSE's continued outperformance was driven largely by a precious-metals rally following gold and platinum's January records.
Sichuan Yahua Industrial Group began construction of a $200m lithium-sulfate plant at its Kamativi joint venture in Zimbabwe on 27 February 2026, the third such Chinese-built processing plant in the country.
Sichuan Yahua Industrial Group has started building a lithium sulphate plant at Kamativi, its joint venture with the Zimbabwean state, days after Harare halted concentrate shipments with immediate effect.
Exxaro Resources closed its acquisition of key manganese mining and marketing interests from Ntsimbintle Holdings and OM Holdings on 27 February 2026, after South Africa's Competition Tribunal approved the deal in December 2025.
Petra Diamonds posted a $188m net loss for the six months to December, warning that continued rand strength was a major risk to the business alongside weak diamond prices.
Valterra Platinum's first full-year results as an independent company showed headline earnings up 98%, a swing to net cash, and total dividends of R45 a share including a R5.3bn special payout.
Eurasian Resources Group's Metalkol tailings-reprocessing operation in the DRC became the first such site globally to be awarded the Copper Mark responsible-sourcing certification.
South Africa's mineral resources portfolio committee received an update from the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure on measures to combat illegal mining, formalising a multi-agency policy response.
DRC president Felix Tshisekedi replaced the chairman and CEO of state mining company Gécamines, which holds stakes in copper and cobalt operations run by Glencore, CMOC and ERG.
Gécamines secured rights to market about half of the copper produced at Glencore's Kamoto Copper Company, extending a trading strategy it has used elsewhere in the DRC.
Mali has granted Barrick a ten-year renewal of its Loulo mining permit, cementing the settlement of their dispute and clearing the way for underground development at the Loulo-Gounkoto complex.
Niger's military ruler Abdourahamane Tiani said about 95,000 tonnes of concentrated uranium powder is ready to be returned to Orano, while insisting uranium produced since the Somaïr nationalisation belongs to Niger.
Bannerman Energy agreed on 12 February 2026 to a $321.5m financing and joint-venture deal with CNNC Overseas Limited to build the Etango uranium project in Namibia debt-free, with completion targeted by the third quarter of 2026.
Galiano Gold has declared maiden underground mineral resources at the Nkran and Abore deposits of its Asanko mine in Ghana, adding potential mine life beneath the existing open pits.
Botswana's state-owned Okavango Diamond Company is increasing sales to contracted buyers to steady revenue as the rough diamond market stays depressed.
