Tanzania Minister for Minerals Angellah Kairuki has told parliament that it has collected over U.S.$269,000 in royalties from tanzanite artisanal miners in three months, from January to March 2018 which is more than what it collected in the last three years.
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The government has signed a package of agreements to accelerate the production and processing of strategic minerals within the country. The deal, signed with U.S.-owned Panda Hill Tanzania Limited, will facilitate the mining of niobium - a strategic metal essential for strengthening steel and producing high-performance alloys for infrastructure and advanced manufacturing.
Minister for Minerals Anthony Mavunde has
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The government has, with immediate effect, banned the export of lithium concentrates and all other unprocessed ores. This comes after noticing that some mining companies had rushed to mine and ship out the mineral before the planned 2027 ban took effect. The ban is indefinite.
Mines Minister Polite Kambamura said the decision followed
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Malawian officials are hailing a landmark mineral deal with U.S.-based firm Traxys North America to market graphite from the Kasiya rutile-graphite project in Lilongwe - widely considered the world's largest natural rutile deposit.
The U.S. categorizes both minerals as essential, and they will be used for defense systems, aerospace technology, and battery production. Analysts warn, however, that while the
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Thaba Telle Mining Company became the first locally-owned company to be awarded diamond mining rights in Lesotho. The Chief executive officer, Lehlohonolo Nthontho, says the firm was awarded a 10-year mining lease to mine the Khubelu kimberlite pipe in Mokhotlong. The company has three shareholders namely Lehakoe Diamonds with 60% shareholding, the government with 25% and 15% held by Thaba Telle Minerals, which is controlled by South African investors.
The mine is expecting to employ 100
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South African General Xolani Mankayi has reportedly ordered the soldiers of his 43 Brigade, who form the rapid intervention unit of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), to begin an intensive training programme for possible action in Cabo Delgado if President Cyril Ramaphosa decides to intervene.
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Tensions are rising at Amplats, where a miner was shot dead by police and 12,000 workers got sacked. There are plans for a meeting between management and the unions to charter a way forward. Read more »
At least 200 people have been reported killed after a landslide triggered by heavy rains struck the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The country's Ministry of Mines said around 70 of the victims were children, and several injured people were taken to medical facilities in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province. However, Fanny Kaj, a senior official in the M23 rebel group,
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The new scramble for Africa is not marked by warships or colonial flags, but by battery supply chains, green transition targets, and high-level trade delegations. The race is for lithium, cobalt, graphite, manganese, platinum group metals, and rare earth elements -- the minerals powering electric vehicles, renewable energy systems, and digital infrastructure, writes Daniel T. Makokera for allAfrica.com.
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At least 33 miners have been reported dead in Plateau state after a suspected carbon-monoxide leak at a lead and zinc mine operated by Solid Unity Nigeria Ltd.
Toxic gas is believed to have built up in poorly ventilated tunnels, causing workers to collapse near the end of their night shift. More than 20 survivors were rescued and taken
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