May 7, 2012 China wants to take over the world’s largest undeveloped iron ore project A private group of Chinese magnates is planning to take away Guinea’s Simandou, the world's largest undeveloped iron ore project, from Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto.
May 6, 2012 South Africa mine casualty figures at record low Miningmx.com reports April has seen the lowest number of mining fatalities ever in South Africa, according to figures released by mines minister Susan Shabangu.
May 6, 2012 Asmara copper and zinc project minelife jumps 50% In a new prefeasibility study Sunridge Gold pulled four deposits together into a single mining scenario at its Asmara copper-zinc project in Eritrea for the first time, giving it added…
May 4, 2012 Eritrea’s great gold potential – and copper and silver and zinc The tale of Eritrea's first major miner, Nevsun, which has had mixed fortunes this year and gold explorer, Andiamo Exploration, whose chairman has been a long time believer in the…
May 4, 2012 Petra Diamonds restarts output at Tanzania mine London-based Petra Diamonds has restarted production at its Williamson mine in Tanzania after two years spent rehabilitating the surface area.
May 4, 2012 Volta outlines ‘monumental’ gold mining project for 5m ounce deposit Volta puts the details to its five million ounce Kiaka gold project in a prefeasibility study it released on Thursday.
May 3, 2012 Mali gold mine resuming operations after political strife A few weeks after explorer Pearl Gold officially inaugurated its Kodieran gold mine, in Mali, a delegation comprising the company’s management and supervisory board visited the project to inspect the…
May 3, 2012 DRC fighting thwarts plans to export conflict-free minerals Renewed fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo will halt the export of so-called conflict-free minerals from the country's eastern provinces, according to Bloomberg:
May 3, 2012 Zimbabwe mining revenues up 10% to $458 million Zimbabwe's mine output increased in the first quarter, leading to surging revenues for government coffers, NewsDay is reporting.
May 3, 2012 Randgold profit doubles despite Mali turmoil Gold producer Randgold Resources (LON:RRS, NASDAQ:GOLD) posted today strong results for its first quarter output and profits despite the political turmoil in Mali, from where it extract two-thirds of its…
CHART: Friday massacre for mining stocks but copper price pulls out of nosedive Historic down day for gold and silver prices caused double digit losses for precious metals stocks but copper miners came off relatively lightly. January 30, 2026 | 06:21 pm
