World affairs editor Sam Kiley reports from the Democratic Republic of Congo where conflict, aid and minerals all intersect ...

AFRICAN export restrictions on critical battery metals are dealing a blow to Chinese companies that have spent billions of ...

Marula Mining, through its South African subsidiary Muchai Mining South Africa (MMSA), has sealed a binding term sheet to acquire a 51% stake in Mansena Kruisrivier Cobalt (MKC). MKC holds the ...

Africa, where one country has banned ICE vehicles outright and another is rapidly electrifying mines, is digging up the ...

According to the latest update of the interactive platform Critical Minerals: Pivotal Outlook (free to access until 5 September) from our sister publication Africa Business+, Gulf countries have ...

American company Virtus Minerals is poised to buy Chemaf, a troubled miner in the Democratic Republic of Congo, marking the ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo indicated it’s approving American firm Virtus Minerals Inc.’s purchase of copper and cobalt ...

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, industrial and artisanal mining of cobalt and copper, essential for battery-powered technologies, poses risks to the reproductive health of women, preliminary ...

A leaked memo reveals the US is coercing Zambia to open its mines by threatening to withhold HIV medication, highlighting ...