May 8, 2012

Potash is a diamond in the rough for the Republic of Congo

Australian junior Elemental Minerals (ASX, TSX: ELM), which is developing a potash project in the Republic of Congo, announced it has increased measured and indicated resources at its Kola deposit…

May 8, 2012

Falling output hurts SA gold miners

South African gold producers are expected to report lower quarterly earnings with production knocked across the board as output-disrupting safety stoppages continue to sting, a Reuters poll of 7 analysts…

May 8, 2012

Kinross Gold’s Mauritanian desert storm

The Tasiast gold mine in the Mauritanian desert was the biggest acquisition in Kinross Gold Corp.’s 19-year existence and one of the biggest takeovers in the history of the gold…

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…