Central America’s biggest mine faces closure over tax spat
Donoso – Rising up through the lush vegetation of Panama’s Caribbean coast, a 125-metre chimney serves as a beacon... Read more
9 Dec, 2022
Glencore to pay $180 million to DRC over graft claims
Zurich – Swiss mining giant Glencore said on Monday it has agreed to pay $180 million to the Democratic... Read more
7 Dec, 2022
How Maggie Moila and Fundza Training Institute are battling youth unemployment
Cape Town – Meet Maggie Moila is an entrepreneur and businesswoman working in the mining industry. She runs her... Read more
1 Dec, 2022
Uranium-rich Niger struggles despite nuclear resurgence
Niamey – Prospects for the world’s nuclear industry have been boosted by the war in Ukraine and mounting hostility... Read more
30 Nov, 2022
UN experts to contribute in Zambian lead poisoning case
Johannesburg – A top South African court on Friday granted UN experts a role in proceedings against mining giant... Read more
26 Nov, 2022
Deadly floods, landslides in eastern DRC
Goma – Two days of flooding and landslides in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have claimed more than... Read more
20 Nov, 2022
DRC town set to ‘disappear’ as mines expand
Kolwezi – “We’re screwed,” said Alphonse Fwamba Mutombo, standing on a plot of rubble overlooking an open-cast cobalt mine... Read more
19 Nov, 2022
DRC ex-presidential adviser on trial for corruption
Kinshasa – A former adviser to the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) went on trial on... Read more
15 Nov, 2022
Floods wash away salt industry and tourism at Senegal’s ‘Pink Lake’
Rufisque – Maguette Ndiour stands on the edge of Senegal’s Lake Retba, famous for its pink-hued waters, and points... Read more
3 Nov, 2022
DRC’s faltering fight against illegal cobalt mines
Shabara – Five thousand diggers pack tightly together at the bottom of a crater in southeastern DR Congo (DRC),... Read more
3 Nov, 2022
