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Guinea's Bauxite Boom Makes It Africa's Fastest-Growing Economy
2+ hour, 32+ min ago (924+ words) World's top supplier: Guinea is the largest bauxite exporter, shipping a record 183 million tonnes in 2025, up 25 percent. Fastest growth: The World Bank puts Guinea's 2026 growth at 8. 8 percent, the highest of any African economy. Simandou: The giant Simandou iron-ore mine shipped…...
Mexico's Fresnillo, the Top Silver Miner, Buys Into a Rival's Mine
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (798+ words) The latest Fresnillo silver move is a bet on someone else's mine, as the world's biggest producer of the metal buys into a small explorer just as it goes public in New York. Fresnillo is the world's largest producer of…...
Congo's Cobalt Quotas Push Miners Toward Copper
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (1012+ words) DR CONGO " MINERALS "The cap: Congo has replaced its 2025 export ban with annual cobalt quotas of 96, 600 tonnes for 2026 and 2027. "How it splits: The cap allots 87, 000 tonnes to producers and keeps 9, 600 tonnes as a state reserve held by the regulator, ARECOMS....
Chile's Stock Market Climbs a Second Day as Copper Firms
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (1177+ words) Chile's stock market kept climbing. The benchmark index rose 0. 53% to 10, 763, a second straight gain that extended its recovery from a two-day dip earlier in the week. The driver was the one that almost always sets the tone in Santiago: copper....
Ecuador's Economy Grew 2. 1% to Open 2026, Beating Its Own Forecast
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (686+ words) Ecuador GDP grew faster than expected at the start of 2026, with the dollarized Andean economy expanding on the back of stronger household spending and a sharp rise in investment, the country's central bank reported. Ecuador opened the year on a…...
Zambia Bets on a Western Railway to Ship Its Copper to the Sea
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (984+ words) ZAMBIA " MINERALS & MARKETS "New route west: The Zambia Lobito copper railway would link the Copperbelt to Angola's Atlantic port of Lobito. "Timeline: Zambia aims to start building its section by the third quarter of 2026, with operations expected by 2027 to 2028. "Western…...
A Brazilian Plant Aims to Turn Mining's Red Mud Into Green Iron
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (607+ words) A plant rising inside Brazil's biggest alumina refinery is betting that red mud, one of the world's largest industrial wastes, can be turned into low-carbon iron rather than stored forever. Make aluminium and you make a problem. For every tonne…...
Zimbabwe Pushes to Refine Its Own Lithium at Home
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (935+ words) A first for the continent: Zimbabwe has shipped its first batches of lithium sulphate, a processed battery material, rather than raw ore. Chinese-built plant: The product comes from the Arcadia mine near Harare, run by Prospect Lithium Zimbabwe, a unit…...
Ecuador Reopens Its Mining Map, With the IMF Watching the Clock
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (783+ words) A bureaucratic switch in Quito has become the single clearest test of whether Ecuador mining can deliver the investment the country's finances now depend on. Ecuador sits on copper and gold that its neighbours would envy, yet only two big…...
China's State Iron Buyer Courts Brazil's CSN to Tighten Its Grip
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (873+ words) The contest over China iron ore is reaching a Brazilian miner, as Beijing's powerful state buyer reportedly courts CSN in a quiet push to tighten its hold over the price of the world's most important steelmaking ingredient. China is extending…...