African Potash seeks to create trading platform in Eastern and Southern Africa
The goal is to facilitate the mining, production and distribution of the fertilizer in Eastern and Southern Africa.
Latest Stories
Lonmin shares collapse as Glencore completes stake divestment
The move may create a group of sellers that want to dispose of their holding, or it could open the door to a buyer, according to analysts.
Gigantic Chinese-owned mine shaking up copper’s top tier
Chinese-owned Peruvian mine inks 15-year transport deal moving 400,000 tonnes per year from January 1 2016 making it the planet's third largest copper mine.
Gold price: Reasons not to fear the Fed
Bears have overbaked Inverse relationship between interest rates and the gold price.
US probes banks for silver, gold price manipulation
The US Department of Justice is investigating possible price manipulation of gold, silver and crude oil benchmarks by Wall Street financial institutions.
Producers rally on soaring iron ore price
Iron ore rallies again after Vale CEO predicts 200 million tonnes of Chinese production shutting down and seaborne market growing to 1.44 billion tonnes.
U.S. coal miners owe over $62 million in health and safety violations fines
The top ten coal miners alone had combined unpaid fines of $18.3 million by the end of April.
World Coal Association urges G7 leaders to invest more in cleaner technologies
The industry body said that instead of fighting fossil fuels, industrialized nations should try to make them cleaner.
Zambia sells stake in state-owned copper miner
The country's national pension fund has bought 15.9 million shares of Zambia's Consolidated Copper Mines-Investment Holdings for almost $80 million.