Baobab Resources has announced that it is likely to build a facility to produce two million tonnes of low impurity pig iron per year from its reserves in western Mozambique's Tete Province

The board of directors of the ALSCON aluminium plant in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, has announced the immediate suspension of smelting operations at the plant

Bevcan, a subsidiary of South African packaging firm Nampak Group, has announced it will produce and supply lightweight aluminium cans for Coca-Cola in South Africa as part of a five-year contract worth US$632mn

Standard Chartered Private Equity and UK-based investment manager Ashmore have announced that they have invested in Nigerian aluminium can manufacturer GZI

Essar Group will restart New Zim Steel's operations from next month after the Zimbabwe government agreed to stick to the terms of an initial deal signed between the two parties in 2011