April 30, 2013 Fatality at Rio Tinto Alcan’s Quebec facility The company has suspended the activities at the facility's anode plant until further notice.
April 29, 2013 The ‘now or never moment’ for private equity in mining "Interest from private equity in sector is the highest I have ever seen"
April 29, 2013 South Africa’s largest mining union to pursue double-digit pay increase Labour tensions rising ahead of mining sector wage negotiations.
April 29, 2013 Miners in the dark on Zimbabwe’s plans to seize foreign stakes A draft bill leaked to the media last week shows the government is planning to amend the current law to avoid paying compensation to foreign miners.
April 29, 2013 Zambia corners mining companies to stop tax evasion New rules likely to come into force by mid-May.
April 29, 2013 Sale of Pinto Valley brings BHP’s offloads to $5bn BHP sells the Pinto Valley copper mine and the associated San Manuel Arizona Railroad Company to Capstone Mining for $650m.
April 29, 2013 BHP Billiton sells Pinto Valley mining operation for US$650 million BHP Billiton employees working at Pinto Valley and SMARRCO will become employees of Capstone as part of the transaction.
Namib Minerals to restart mothballed Zimbabwe gold mine in February Redwing currently has an estimated 2.5 million ounces of gold and is the largest resource base in the group's Zimbabwean portfolio. December 19, 2025 | 07:08 am
