March 29, 2012 Anglo American opens $517m colliery in S. Africa UK-headquartered Anglo American (LON:AAL) cut the ribbon today on a new coal mine in South Africa.
March 29, 2012 Minmetals Resources hunting in Africa MINMETALS Resources says it will use the assets recently acquired through its takeover of Anvil Mining as the starting point for a wave of acquisitions through southern Africa.
March 29, 2012 The Oppenheimers and De Beers are no more. Here’s a 30-year old article that predicted the cartel’s undoing "An unruly market may undo the work of a giant cartel and of an inspired, decades-long ad campaign."
March 29, 2012 Conflict-free gold standard about to become a fact The World Gold Council unveiled today the long-awaited “exposure draft” of the so-called conflict-free gold standard, which aims to crack down on gold tainted by conflict and human rights violations,…
March 29, 2012 “Underground city” copper mine in Minnesota inches forward A proposal for a large underground copper mine in Minnesota reached a milestone last week.
March 27, 2012 BHP’s Marius Kloppers makes 30 best CEOs in the world list (again) Why? For mining the stuff for making China.
March 27, 2012 La Mancha posts record net earnings of $36.1 m and record operating cash flow of $89.4 m for 2011 In 2011, La Mancha made headlines within the investment community by demonstrating, through a DFS and increased resources, our potential to quickly grow into an intermediate gold producer.
March 27, 2012 You want ice with that? Centerra dives 18% after saying waste and ice will cut Kumtor production by 200,000 oz Centerra Gold said labour strikes last month worsened the extent of the ice and waste flows and that it now can't access the high grade zone at its massive mine…
March 27, 2012 Powerscreen drums up business in South Africa Powerscreen recently hosted a World Dealer Conference in Cape Town, South Africa. More than 300 dealers and customers travelled from across the world to attend the conference.
March 27, 2012 Stellar Diamonds says its project in Sierra Leona confirmed as a high value asset London-trade Stellar Diamonds (LON:STEL) said today a first JORC compliant estimate for its Tongo project in Sierra Leone confirmed it as a high value, high growth asset.
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