April 29, 2012 CoAL jumps through hoops to get Vele running Fourteen months after being halted by the South African departments of water and environment, Coal of Africa's Vele mine has begun shipping its first coal.
April 29, 2012 Côte d’Ivoire rough diamond export sanctions extended The United Nations' Security Council on Thursday extended the sanctions imposed on Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) for another year, including exports of rough diamonds.
April 27, 2012 Social responsibility in mining is basic risk management, not feel-good projects Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives by mining companies operating in emerging markets in South America, Africa and Asia have become a crucial part of doing business as “above-ground risks are quickly…
April 27, 2012 Tanzanian Royalty approves $4.1 million budget for deep drilling program to test high grade gold potential at advanced stage buckreef project in Tanzania “Based on what we’ve seen from recent drilling, expectations are high that this major expansion in drilling activity at Buckreef will not only significantly boost our resource base but the…
April 27, 2012 Randgold aids north Mali Humanitarian funds raised by Randgold Resources chief executive Mark Bristow's trans-African motorcycle safari in 2010 have been used to make a food donation to people in the north of Mali,…
April 27, 2012 French uranium supply threatened by strike in Niger Niger's uranium workers have downed tools over a dispute with Areva, the French nuclear power giant that owns the Imouraren mine.
April 26, 2012 Surprised it lasted this long. Soviet-era palladium stockpiles said to be depleted Apart from Russian reserves no longer distorting the market, South Africa's dwindling supply is bound to boost prices further.
April 26, 2012 Historic verdict: Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor guilty of war crimes and fuelling conflict with blood diamonds Liberian ex-president, Charles Taylor, was convicted today of war crimes for arming Sierra Leone's rebels in return for blood diamonds during the 1991-2002 civil war by a United Nations-backed court.
April 25, 2012 Firm sues Brockton church, alleging African gold investment scheme Brockton, Mass.-based Dominion Christian Church is being sued by a Pittsburgh company for $232,000 plus damages as part of an alleged gold investment scheme.
ERG earmarks $1B for Kazakhstan operations Operations of the private, Luxembourg-headquartered miner in Kazakhstan represent more than one-third of the country’s metals and mining industry. January 23, 2026 | 09:36 am
