Alrosa discovers 22 new diamond deposits in Zimbabwe

Illegal mining has long been a problem in South Africa.

Sundance has been in dispute with authorities in Cameroon and Congo Republic over the fate of the Mbalam-Nabeba project.

Global Steel had acquired rights to Nigeria's entire state steel industry via five major concessions and share purchase contracts.

The 160-carat white Type IIa diamond, recovered from Lulo mine, is the sixth-largest found at the operation to date.

The Portfolio consists of 22 royalties on the production of minerals from mines in North America, South America, Australia and Africa.

In a snapshot of the world's gold supply, Miningintelligence data provides a ranking of the largest gold producers.

Uganda introduced the levy -- as well as a 10% tax on unprocessed gold -- on July 1 last year to boost revenue from the metal.

Nkomati mine remains under care and maintenance.

Beny Steinmetz was found guilty of bribing public officials in Guinea to secure the concession for the vast mountain of ore worth billions of dollars.