
William Clowes
Reporter at BQ Prime
Bloomberg reporter covering mining & metals in Africa. Formerly in Nigeria & DR Congo. Opinions my own. Contact me at [email protected]
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1 week ago |
bloomberg.com | Katarina Hoije |William Clowes
Barrick Gold Corp. said Mali has shut its office in the nation’s capital and is threatening to take over its gold operations. Mali warned it would place the company’s shuttered Loulo-Gounkoto complex under provisional administration unless the mine is reopened and tax payments made, Barrick said in a statement Tuesday.
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1 week ago |
bloomberg.com | William Clowes
Gold Fields operates assets in Australia, Chile, Ghana, Peru and South Africa. (Bloomberg) -- Gold Fields Ltd. said it’s been told to cease operations and leave one of its mines in Ghana after the government rejected an application to extend the company’s lease. The Johannesburg-based company is preparing to comply with the order while continuing to “seek ongoing engagement” with the Ghanaian authorities, it said in a statement Monday.
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3 weeks ago |
afr.com | William Clowes |Thomas Biesheuvel |Michael Kavanagh
William Clowes, Thomas Biesheuvel and Michael J. KavanaghMar 29, 2025 – 3.40am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Rio Tinto Group has held talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo about developing one of the world’s biggest hard rock lithium deposits, in the latest sign of the miner’s enthusiasm for the battery metal.
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3 weeks ago |
ca.finance.yahoo.com | William Clowes |Thomas Biesheuvel |Michael Kavanagh
(Bloomberg) -- Rio Tinto Group has held talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo about developing one of the world’s biggest hard rock lithium deposits, in the latest sign of the miner’s enthusiasm for the battery metal. • None Why Did the Government Declare War on My Adorable Tiny Truck?
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3 weeks ago |
financialpost.com | William Clowes |Thomas Biesheuvel |Michael Kavanagh
The conversations in recent weeks with Congolese authorities focused on Rio getting involved in transforming the Roche Dure resource into a lithium mine, according to people familiar with the matter. The discussions are at a preliminary stage and might not result in any agreement, the people said.
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