May 23, 2012 Compass Gold releases very encouraging assay results from exploration program on Yanfolila property Results confirm gold mineralization at the Solona target continuing at depths, as suggested by previous drilling
May 22, 2012 South African coal-to-liquid giant opens $440 million shaft Sasol Mining produces more than 40 million tons of coal a year, with more than 90% of the coal mined being beneficiated by Sasol to produce high-quality synthetic fuels and…
May 22, 2012 Mbada Diamonds produces 12 million carats Mbada Diamonds has produced almost 12 million carats worth half a billion dollars over the past one-and-half years after injecting total investments of only $185 million, Parliament was told yesterday.
May 22, 2012 DiamondCorp agrees on a $33.6 million loan deal with South Africa’s IDC African DiamondCorp (LON:DCP) said its 74% owned Lace Diamond Mines, the company's primary asset in South Africa, has entered into a loan funding term sheet with the Industrial Development Corporation…
May 22, 2012 Sierra Leone ‘blood diamonds’ not forever The west African state of Sierra Leone has taken another symbolic step away from its wartime image as the home of the "blood diamond". An Israeli-owned company has started operating…
May 21, 2012 Is post-Taylor diamond mining in Sierra Leone clean? Charles Taylor, was convicted in April of war crimes for arming Sierra Leone's rebels in return for blood diamonds. Taylor is now awaiting sentencing and the BBC tries to find out…
May 21, 2012 From coal mine to classroom Mine closure usually spells the end of communities situated in the back of beyond but, a small town in South Africa is fighting that fate with education.
May 20, 2012 Ocean phosphate mine proposed BusinessLive, in a feature article posted Saturday, presents a good summary of efforts made thus far to advance ocean mining.
May 18, 2012 Graff Diamonds IPO should catapult the diamond king up the billionaires list Laurence Graff, the undisputed king of uber-expensive diamonds, will earn a tidy $290 million windfall when he restructures his Mayfair-based company and will vastly boost his paper wealth when Graff…
May 17, 2012 Expat execs in Africa: Without ‘danger pay’ how does the money stack up now? Africa's economic indicators are all pointing up, but executive pay packages and living arrangements for expatriates are changing too.
Lithuania may sign minerals deal with US if EU moves too slowly For months, the US and its trading partners have worked toward a cooperation to wean their supply chains off China. February 13, 2026 | 04:24 pm
