May 27, 2012 Bodies of 10 illegal diamond miners recovered in South Africa The bodies of 10 illegal miners were pulled from a collapsed tunnel at a disused diamond mine in South Africa's Northern Cape province De Beers announced late on Saturday.
May 25, 2012 Forsys Metals plans bigger Namibia uranium mine Canada's Forsys Metals Corp says it may be able to boost its uranium reserves in Namibia by 30 percent as it consolidates its two projects in the southern African nation…
May 25, 2012 Sunridge Gold files technical report for Gupo gold resource, Asmara Project, Eritrea Sunridge Gold Corp. (SGC:TSX.V/SGCNF:OTCQX) has today filed a National Instrument 43-101 compliant technical report regarding the new resource estimate for the Gupo Gold deposit, the fourth deposit that forms the…
May 25, 2012 South African seminar “Mining for Change” is all about sustainability The critical issue of sustainability in South African mining will be the core topic of the first seminar in a series of four to be hosted by Mining for Change…
May 25, 2012 Lazare Kaplan lauches social initiative to encourage education in Africa US-based diamond manufacturing and distribution company Lazare Kaplan International Inc. (LKI) has launched a new social initiative, The Lazare Ongoma Initiative (LOI), which aims involve retailers in supporting education in…
May 25, 2012 Impala Platinum faces potential halt to Zimplats operations due to differences with Zimbabwe’s government Zimbabwe's central bank threatened to freeze Impala Platinum's local account and ordered local banks to halt managing any of the company’s exports because it has “failed to comply with an…
May 24, 2012 Rescue of trapped miners suspended An attempt to rescue two illegal miners trapped in a disused gold mine in Johannesburg has been suspended until Friday because of safety concerns, emergency workers said.
May 24, 2012 First, do good when mining for gold: Benoit La Salle Benoit La Salle is the founder, president and CEO of SEMAFO, a mining company that rates its work in sustainability and community building as high as it does its gold…
May 24, 2012 Rio’s Zimbabwe spin-off to acquire Murowa diamond mine Zimbabwean miner RioZim Limited is negotiating with global giant Rio Tinto in an attempt to acquire the now jointly own Murowa diamond mine in the in south central region of…
May 23, 2012 Desert Gold reports results on drilling at the Rubaya Project in Rwanda So far drilling confirms a continuous 1,200m mineralized zone.
More than 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in east Congo, official says Rubaya produces around 15% of the world's coltan, which is processed into tantalum. January 30, 2026 | 01:35 pm
