Mining heavyweight Anglo American on Thursday confirmed that it had received an unsolicited, nonbinding takeover proposal from commodities rival BHP Group. The proposition entails an all-share offer for Anglo American, coupled with plans for Anglo American to demerge its holdings in South Africa-focused Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) and Kumba Iron Ore to its shareholders ..read more

Unhedged gold mining company West African Resources’ Sanbrado mine, in Burkina Faso, produced 56 595 oz of gold at an all-in sustaining cost (AISC) of $1 291/oz in the first quarter of this year. The company says it is tracking well to achieve full-year guidance of 190 000 oz to 210 000 oz at an AISC of less than $1 300/oz ..read more

Aim-listed investment company Armadale Capital, which holds mine investments in Africa, has entered into an agreement to earn a 50% interest in Africo American Incorporated (AAI), the holding company of the Canyon Silver lead/zinc/silver exploration asset, in Idaho, in the US. Armadale has an option to acquire an initial 25% interest in AAI through the purchase of new shares for $500 000 in cash before December 31 ..read more

In response to Zambia's recent declaration of a national emergency owing to a severe drought affecting power generation, copper miner First Quantum Minerals is taking measures to ensure the continuity of its operations. Power utility Zesco has introduced daily eight-hour loadshedding for its retail customers and initiated consultations with mining companies to reduce power supply to the sector by 150 MW from May 1 to December 31. First Quantum’s operations are expected to have power curtailed by about 80 MW over this period ..read more

ASX- and TSX-listed Perseus Mining has reported gold sales of 115 648 oz in the March quarter – a 19 489 oz decrease on sales in the December 2023 quarter, owing to the timing of gold sales. The weighted average gold price realised was $2 025/oz, $62/oz more than the December 2023 quarter price of $1 963/oz ..read more

ASX-listed Ionic Rare Earths (IonicRE) has received firm commitments to raise $5.5-million, before costs, by way of a share placement of about 423-million shares. The placement includes participation of $500 000 from IonicRE chairperson Brett Lynch, further to his recent $1.5-million investment on joining the company in January ..read more

London-listed Gemfields has announced updated ‘G-Factor for Natural Resources’ figures for the 12 months to December 31, 2023, and has also once again invited governance bodies, extractive companies, industry observers and host governments to adopt the ‘G-Factor for Natural Resources’ measure to improve transparency and accountability regarding the share of natural resource wealth paid to a host country’s government. In July 2021, Gemfields announced the ‘G-Factor for Natural Resources’, a measure promoting greater transparency regarding the level of natural resource wealth shared with the gov ..read more

Aim-listed mining development company Ironveld has entered into a further working capital loan facility agreement with shareholder Tracarta, in which Ironveld chairperson John Wardle has a beneficial interest. The facility agreement enables the company to draw down up to £125 000 on equivalent terms to the existing loan facilities with Tracarta and has a term of six months ..read more

The World Diamond Council’s (WDC’s) revised System of Warranties (SoW) is set to reach its first critical deadline on September 21, when it becomes obligatory for all rough diamond sales.   “We strongly urge all companies, but especially . . . rough diamond traders, to transition to the revised SoW, if they have not done so yet, to be ready for the September 21 deadline,” WDC executive director Elodie Daguzan said on April 24 ..read more

Emerging copper producer Copper 360 has shipped copper concentrate from South Africa’s Northern Cape province for the first time in 21 years. South Africa’s only listed pure copper producer, which delivered record concentrate grades during plant commissioning, is performing way ahead of expectation as a producer of copper concentrate, as well as being the Northern Cape’s only producer of copper cathode ..read more