July 18, 2013 Copper, diamonds boost Anglo’s results ahead of strategy review Anglo American is likely to report a 31% profit drop next week, when CEO Cutifani unveils key strategy for the underperforming mining group.
July 17, 2013 Africa exploration activity set to more than halve in 2013 Only 250 drill reports for the continent over the first five months.
July 2, 2013 South Africa’s mining industry can’t afford wage talks failure: Chamber If so they will end up destroying the country’s largest export industry as well as its credit rating, warned Tuesday the Chamber of Mines.
July 2, 2013 Planetary Resources surpasses $1.5m to launch world’s first crowdfunded space telescope Achievement marks most successful Kickstarter for a space project and ranks among Top 25 campaigns in Kickstarter history.
June 27, 2013 PayPal launches interplanetary payment system In partnership with two leading groups, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute and the Space Tourism Society
June 26, 2013 Ailing gold prices down to 3-year low, precious metals follow Precious metals crashed steeply overnight with gold and silver hitting fresh lows, and the yellow shiny metal heading towards its worst quarter in decades.
June 25, 2013 Crocodile River mine put on care and maintenance 92% of employees to be retrenched or their employment terminated.
June 25, 2013 South African miners demand gold companies to more than double their wages The AMCU, South Africa's fastest-growing mining labour, is also asking gold firms to triple the current base wage for surface miners.
June 23, 2013 Japan chasing China with $32 billion African resource push The island nation will look to secure a steady supply of African natural gas, oil and rare earth metals.
Column: Can Africa win as the West and China scramble for minerals? What is different this time compared to the colonial conquest of Africa two centuries ago is that African countries have far more choice. February 12, 2026 | 09:36 am
