October 30, 2012 New oil, gas and mineral discoveries boost African economies growth — World Bank Despite setbacks in the global economy, sub-Saharan Africa is expected to grow at 4.8% in this year, broadly unchanged from the 4.9% growth rate registered in 2011 and largely on…
October 30, 2012 Mounties turn to ‘diamond cop’ to deal with smuggling of gemstones and drug dealers’ treasures troves The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have appointed a special "diamond cop" to combat the smuggling of gemstones and precious metals as the illegal trade flourishes on the back of…
October 29, 2012 Anglo American Platinum offers bonus to bring back miners South Africa’s Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), the world’s largest platinum producer, has offered to reinstate 12,000 miners fired in early October for illegally striking and pay them a $230) “hardship…
October 28, 2012 French scientists transform H20 into gold Scientists from France's Ecole Polytechnique have developed a remarkable new technology which extracts trace amounts of gold from industrial waste water.
October 27, 2012 Police fire rubber bullets to disperse clashing union workers in South Africa Unrest in South Africa has cost the country R3.1bn (US$350 million).
October 26, 2012 Cynthia Carroll yields to pressure and leaves Anglo Where there is smoke… After several reports of Anglo American’s (LON:AAL) shareholders disappointment at both the company’s overall performance and her CEO, Cynthia Carroll, she has finally left the company.
October 25, 2012 South African unions sign deal with gold companies The South African National Union of Mineworkers and two other unions signed Thursday a deal with industry body the Chamber of Mines (CoM), agreeing to a new pay structure for…
October 24, 2012 AngloGold Ashanti fires 12,000 South African striking miners AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (NYSE:AU), South Africa's largest gold miner by output, said Wednesday it has began to dismiss about 12,000 of its striking workers, joining this way an increasing list…
October 23, 2012 Gold Fields fires 8,500 striking workers as mining companies get tough on unrest Gold Fields (JSE:GFI) has fired 8,500 striking workers at a mine in South Africa following their failure to respond to an ultimatum to abandon the strike.
October 23, 2012 Canada’s Ivanplats closes $307 million IPO and now trades shares on the TSX Africa-focused miner Ivanplats (TSX:IVP), founded by billionaire Robert Friedland, successfully closed Tuesday its $307-million initial public offering (IPO) on the Toronto stock exchange, issuing total equity of $504 million (Cdn$493).
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