Tag: Mining Investment
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Imperial Metals Reports Sharp Third-Quarter Earnings Decline: What the Results Mean for African Mining and Global Copper Markets
Imperial Metals reported a 51% decline in third-quarter adjusted EBITDA to C$45.1 million as lower copper and gold production at its Mount Polley and Red Chris mines weakened financial performance despite higher international metal prices. The results offer important lessons for African mining economies, particularly the DRC, Zambia and Ghana, on operational efficiency, mineral beneficiation…
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🇳🇦 Namibia’s Paladin Uranium Mine: Planned Maintenance Disrupts Production as Uranium Sales Reach $79.40 per Pound
Paladin Energy’s Langer Heinrich uranium mine in Namibia produced one million pounds of U₃O₈ during the September 2026 quarter. Despite planned maintenance and lower production, uranium sales reached 1.16 million pounds at an average realised price of US$79.40 per pound. Explore the mine’s performance, uranium chemistry, ownership structure and implications for Africa’s energy sovereignty.
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🇬🇭 Ghana’s Akyem Mine: How Zijin Golden Ridge Is Turning Mining Into an Opportunity for Local Youth
Zijin Golden Ridge is connecting mining investment with youth skills development, local employment, community infrastructure and environmental protection at Ghana’s Akyem Gold Mine. Discover how its initiatives are contributing to a wider conversation about responsible mining and sustainable economic development in Africa.
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🇹🇳 US Government Backs Push to Advance Tunisia’s Gasaat Phosphate Project
US government-backed funding is supporting a two-year programme led by CrossBoundary to connect PhosCo’s Gasaat phosphate project in Tunisia with US investors, commercial partners and technical expertise. The initiative targets up to $100 million in private investment, but the $1.5 million grant is not direct mine financing and no investment or offtake agreement has yet…
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🇿🇦 South Africa’s Mining Future: Why Climate Action and Economic Growth Must Move Together
South Africa’s mining industry is confronting a critical challenge: reducing emissions and strengthening climate resilience while attracting the investment needed to grow the sector, protect jobs and support economic development. At the Minerals Council South Africa’s inaugural Climate Change Day of Learning, industry leaders argued that climate ambition and economic growth must reinforce one another.
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🇺🇸 A2Gold Sells Nevada Gold Project as Miner Sharpens Focus on Core Assets
A2Gold has agreed to sell its Bolo Gold Project in Nevada to Super Gold Mining for C$1.5 million in shares, while retaining exposure to future exploration success through as much as C$2.8 million in contingent payments. The deal reflects a broader strategy of concentrating capital and technical resources on A2Gold’s core Eastside and Taylor projects.
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🇦🇺Why Australian Mining Companies Are Looking to Guinea as Simandou Opens a New African Mining Era
Guinea is entering a new era of mining as Simandou begins exporting iron ore, bauxite production reaches record levels and international investors target gold, iron ore and mineral-processing opportunities. Australian-listed mining companies are increasingly appearing in Guinea’s expanding resource economy—but the bigger question is whether the country can turn mineral wealth and new infrastructure into…
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🇬🇭 Ghana Rewrites the Rules of Gold: State Participation, Local Refining and a New Mining Value Chain
Ghana is fundamentally reshaping its gold industry. GoldBod’s 30% large-scale mining offtake, new XRF assay regime, mandatory local refining and gold-reserve strategy are placing the state deeper inside the mineral value chain while new mining legislation could further expand domestic processing and state participation.
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🇬🇭 AMPF – Mining in Motion 2026: Where Africa’s Mineral Future Moves From Dialogue to Action
AMPF – Mining in Motion 2026 brings African government leaders, mining executives, investors, development finance institutions and industry innovators together in Accra from October 19–21 to explore investment, partnerships and the future of Africa’s mineral economy.
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🇹🇿 Minexpo Tanzania 2026 to Bring Global Mining Technology and Heavy Machinery to Dar es Salaam
Minexpo Tanzania 2026 will bring mining companies, technology providers, equipment manufacturers and investors from more than 20 countries to Dar es Salaam from 28–30 October, showcasing the machinery and innovations shaping Africa’s mining future.