April 25, 2012 Coal of Africa Vele mine easy on the eyes and environment Painted the colour of desert sand to blend into the background, the coal miner's coal washing plant has been built to be as gentle on the surrounding landscape as possible.
April 25, 2012 Rio Tinto finalizes Guinea JV with Chinese aluminum giant Anglo-Australian diversified miner Rio Tinto announced today it has completed the formation of its joint venture with a group led by China's Chalco, subsidiary of state-owned aluminum giant Chinalco, to…
April 25, 2012 First Uranium committed to sell South African mines TSX- and JSE-listed First Uranium (TSX:FIU) (JSE:FUM) announced it will stick with an earlier announced deal to sell the Ezulwini gold and uranium operation to Chinese-owned Gold One, with shareholders…
April 24, 2012 Lucara’s Botswana mine yields first diamonds Lucara's Karowe diamond mine in Botswana has yielded its first precious stones.
April 23, 2012 Human Rights Watch: Think twice about investing in Zambia copper mine IPO China's state-owned CNMC's Hong Kong IPO could raise as much as $500 million.
April 22, 2012 Wesizwe Platinum’s new mine smell The construction of Wesizwe's Bakubung mine is in sharp contrast to the the general gloominess that currently envelops South Africa's platinum sector
April 20, 2012 South African mining industry at a crossroads: Webber Wentzel The South African mining industry, the backbone of the country’s US$357 billion economy, is at a crossroads, says Johannesburg-based international legal powerhouse Webber Wentzel in the article “Whither the South…
April 20, 2012 Tanzanian Royalty reports more high grade assay results from its Buckreef Gold Project in Tanzania The latest assay results from the ongoing drill program at Tanzanian Royalty’s Buckreef Gold Project in northern Tanzania lend additional support to the emergence of a high grade gold discovery…
April 20, 2012 Worker riot at African Minerals’ Sierra Leone mine turns deadly The unrest by workers at African Minerals' Tonkolili iron ore mine in Sierra Leone has left one woman dead and at least six injured, witnesses and medical staff said Friday.
April 19, 2012 Not at the top: rare earth ranks fifth for supply risk In a supply risk index of chemical elements that are of economic value, four elements placed ahead of rare earth.
Chile copper supply gains seen years away, mining council warns Chile has the project pipeline to lift annual production to 7 million metric tons from about 5.4 million tons. January 23, 2026 | 10:08 am
