Yoana Cholteeva (YC): Why there is a need for the IoT to be used in tailings dams monitoring? Joe Carr (JC): Most of our focus in the last 12...

Australian mining company BlackEarth Minerals has announced the launch of a large-scale mining pilot programme at Maniry in southern Madagascar. The project has already shipped an initial 250kg of graphite...

UK-based Arc Minerals has signed a binding sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with Canadian private equity group Century Capital Management with respect to the sale of its 99.43% stake in...

Citi was the leading financial adviser globally for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in Q1-Q3 2019 in the metals & mining sector, according to GlobalData. The American multinational investment bank led...

BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) has announced the decision to implement autonomous haulage at the Goonyella Riverside coal mine in Queensland next year. BMA, which is a 50:50 joint venture between...

Exploration and project development company Botswana Diamonds (BOD) has recovered first diamonds from its Marsfontein mine in South Africa. The diamonds were recovered from plant commissioning activities on the site....

Chinese industrial giant Jingye Group has agreed to buy the business and assets of bankrupt British Steel for an undisclosed sum. The deal comes after Jingye and the UK Government’s...

Gold miner Semafo has announced the suspension of operations will continue at its Boungou mine in Burkina Faso until security is fully assured. The mine has remained closed after an...

Sirius Minerals has announced it is seeking to secure $600m in funding for the first stage of its North Yorkshire polyhalite mine in the UK. The company has also unveiled...

At least 37 civilians were killed and dozens were wounded when gunmen ambushed a convoy transporting workers of Canadian gold miner Semafo in eastern Burkina Faso, Africa. Semafo noted that...