April 3, 2012 Botswana braces for De Beers relocation, diamond buying jet set The relocation of the mining giant's sales and marketing arm's headquarters to the Botswana capital could lead to around $6 billion flowing though the country’s banking system, compared to the…
April 3, 2012 African Barrick Gold hikes Tanzanian Nyanzaga resource London-listed African Barrick Gold (LON:ABG) reported increasing confidence in its Nyanzaga project, in Tanzania and said that the project has the potential to become its next mine in the country.
April 3, 2012 Firestone Energy rejects offer for Waterberg coal mine stake Firestone Energy Limited (ASX/JSE:FSE) rejected today an offer from Tata Power to invest in a joint venture with Sekoko Resources to develop a coal mine in the Waterberg area of…
April 3, 2012 Race on to dig new zinc mines as old ones run dry With experts saying zinc could be in deficit by 2017 if not earlier, miners from Australia to Africa to the European Union are racing against time to attract investment in…
April 2, 2012 Mali is quickly turning very ugly: Separatists, Islamists seize Timbuktu Tuareg rebels aided by Islamists ransacked bars, banned Western-style dress and music and called for the imposition of Sharia law.
April 2, 2012 Gold One buys First Uranium’s Elzuwini Mining Company for US$70M First Uranium (TSX:FIU) announced Monday it has sold its South African-based Elzuwini Mining Co. to Gold One International for US$70 million, transaction that should be completed by June 29.
April 2, 2012 DTI ‘blindsides’ ArcelorMittal South Africa South Africa's Department of Trade and Industry has decided to exclude steel from its preferential procurement plans. AMSA's shares fall over 5%
April 2, 2012 South Africa mulls nuclear fuel cycle facilities The country wants another 9,600 MW of nuclear energy to boost its struggling power grid and is considering the re-establishment of its uranium enrichment and conversion facilities.
April 2, 2012 De Beers names Tiffany among 75 buyers Sales of rough diamonds by DTC rose to $6.5 billion last year from $5.1 billion in 2010.
April 1, 2012 Anglo-American building new Namibia diamond mine Namdeb, which plans to produce 600,000 carats in 2012, expects the new mine to produce 45,000 carats a year.
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