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.
April 1, 2012 High costs plague Zimbabwe coal miners Zimbabwe is estimated to hold between 10 billion and 20 billion tonnes of coal resources.
April 1, 2012 Report says Tasiast will produce until 2046 Kinross, the beleaguered gold producer whose stock price has been hammered of late due to a $4.6 billion writedown and alleged violations of securities laws, will continue pouring gold at…
March 30, 2012 Zimbabwe going swimmingly for Caledonia, but platinum rights in South Africa go missing Production at Blanket in Zimbabwe doubled and the Toronto-based company said it paid direct and indirect taxes, royalties, licence fees, levies and other monies to the Government of Zimbabwe totalling…
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
