April 5, 2012 FT: ‘Inbred’ miners may admire Hannam, but many not ‘too sad’ to see him go "Resources groups and the bankers who promote them merit close scrutiny since minerals have been linked in the past with financial scandals and market manipulation, from the nickel bubble that…
April 5, 2012 Zimbabwe ‘owns’ majority of all foreign mining companies Zimbabwe's Black Empowerment Minister, Saviour Kasukuwere, announced today it has taken majority ownership of foreign-owned mining firms, which had not already given a controlling stake to black Zimbabweans.
April 4, 2012 Half-billion South African platinum mine gets green light The South African government has ok'd a $443-million platinum mine located north of Rustenburg.
April 4, 2012 Sierra Leone diamond firm eyes IPO Could Sierra Leone, the African nation whose decade-long civil war funded by booty from diamond mines bore the term "blood diamonds," be going legit. when it comes to the mining…
April 4, 2012 Where (and when) to place your investment bets? Let's explore the advantages of saving in gold and silver over dollars. Here's a hypothetical look at what could occur over the remainder of this decade.
April 4, 2012 BRICS plan for the future Last week, the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa met in New Delhi for their fourth annual "BRICS" summit. The meeting brought together five countries that together…
April 4, 2012 Shanta Gold seeking $35m for added capex Tanzania-focused Shanta Gold is planning to raise $35 million to be put towards its New Luika Gold Mine.
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…
Op-ed: America can’t defend itself with Chinese minerals US is building new critical-mineral processing facilities from Texas to Tennessee, but without new sources of raw material, those plants will sit idle. January 23, 2026 | 12:56 pm
