Zimbabwe’s largest nickel producer, Bindura Nickel Corporation,  says "uncertainty" over the country's indigenisation laws have cast doubt over the group's capability to continue operations

Copper production at Lumwana Mining Company in Solwezi, north-west Zambia has increased to 34,000 tonnes in this year’s third quarter despite the prices of the metal showing a significant drop from record highs during the quarter

The Zest WEG Group is poised to commission the first total WEG control and automation solution sold to the African market at the Twangiza gold mine in the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

The rare earths industry is at a turning point, new sources of supply from mines outside China are coming on stream, the industry in China is coming under more effective control with increased corporate consolidation led by state controlled enterprises, and a re-evaluation of the way in which rare earths are used is taking place, following a year of unprecedented high price