Chile is moving to accelerate mining permit approvals to unlock more than $100 billion in investment and revive momentum in its cornerstone copper sector, Economy and Mining Minister Daniel Mas said in an interview published on Monday. Mas told La Tercera newspaper that the government was working “with a sense of urgency” to guarantee legal certainty, …
Global mining giant BHP has expressed strong interest in undertaking large-scale copper exploration in Zambia, signaling growing international confidence in the country’s mineral potential. Speaking during a high-level meeting in Lusaka, BHP Head of Global Generative Exploration, Campbell McCuaig, said the company is increasingly focused on identifying large copper deposits that are difficult to detect …
The Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF ) held a roundtable engagement with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Friday, April 17, 2026, as part of its ongoing stakeholder efforts to promote transparency, accountability, and informed public discourse. The event provided a strategic platform for participants to discuss MIIF’s mandate, recent amendments to its governing Act, and …
Tanzanian Minister of Minerals Anthony Mavunde has directed the Mining Commission to revoke 40 mineral exploration licenses due to the holders' failure to develop them. Mavunde told a news conference in the capital, Dodoma, that the decision followed repeated non-compliance despite prior warnings and grace periods granted to license holders to address identified shortcomings. Noting …
Gold Fields Ghana Limited has officially handed over the Damang Mine to the Government of Ghana after three decades of continuous operation, marking a significant transition in the country’s mining sector. At a brief but symbolic ceremony held in Damang in the Prestea Huni Valley Municipality on Saturday (18 April), the South African mining giant …
Newmont Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, Natascha Viljoen, has held a series of high-level meetings in Accra with President John Dramani Mahama and the United States Chargé d’Affaires to Ghana, Rolf Olson, as part of efforts to deepen collaboration in Ghana’s mining sector. The meetings, which also involved Newmont’s Chief Sustainability and Development Officer, Peter Toth, …
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah Kofi-Buah, has paid an official visit to the Minerals Development Fund (MDF), underscoring government’s commitment to strengthening institutions that support sustainable development in mining communities. The visit, hosted by the Administrator of the MDF, Dr Hanna Louisa Bisiw, brought together management and staff of the Fund …
Child Rights International estimates that nearly 60 percent of boys aged 13 to 15 in some mining communities in Ghana drop out of school to participate in galamsey. Raised in Kade, a galamsey hotspot in the Eastern Region, Baah Bossman Effah, affectionately called Bossman, could easily have become part of that statistic. Yet, discipline at …
It is a heroic saga made in Ghana. A homegrown company rises from contract mining to full ownership of a major gold mine. A local champion finally takes command of one of our most strategic assets. What’s there not to cheer? But this story is why the katanomics framework was developed: noble political intentions don’t …
Gold advanced after US President Donald Trump and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire to finalize talks on ending the war that’s upended global markets. Bullion climbed as much as 3.1% to above $4,850 an ounce, extending a 1.2% gain in the previous session. Trump said in a social media post that he had agreed …
