March 13, 2012 South African gold production continues to plunge Once the world's biggest gold producer by a huge margin, South Africa's gold production is continuing to dive with an 11.3% fall year on year in January, following an 8.2%…
March 12, 2012 Investors pile into Caledonia Mining after new copper-cobalt find in Zambia Caledonia, worth $57 million on the TSX, is up 35% so far this year and ten times the usual volume of 131,000 shares changed hands on Monday.
March 12, 2012 Botswana’s government to trade diamonds The government of Botswana has established a new diamond trading company that will be responsible for the purchasing, selling and marketing of the state’s portion of Debswana Diamond’s production.
March 11, 2012 Egyptian MP: Sukari Gold Mine deal extremely unfair he deal made between Egypt and Centamin Egypt, an Australian mineral exploration and mining company that has been managing the mine since 2007, is extremely unfair, MP Mohamed Awad has…
March 11, 2012 The scramble for Africa’s copper: Never mind the Chinese, Ivanhoe’s Friedland says he has the prize asset Serial mega-mine developer Robert Friedland said in early February that Ivanplats will be developing the Kamoa mine in the DRC, Africa’s largest copper project that will have a lifespan that…
March 10, 2012 India to buy more Mozambique coal In future Indian industrial giant Tata Steel will derive 10% of its coking coal requirements from Australian-based Rio Tinto's Benga coal mine in Mozambique.
March 9, 2012 South Africa’s standalone state mining company a step closer, already hunting for deals South Africa took a step closer on Thursday to create a standalone mining company that will take charge of the government's role in the country's rich resources and with ambitions…
March 9, 2012 Zimplats targets 1 million platinum ounces a year Mines belonging to Zimplats, the Zimbabwe unit of Impala Platinum, have at least 30 years of production left in them and could deliver one million platinum ounces annually, according to…
March 9, 2012 South Africa goes big on nuclear a year after Japan’s Fukushima Chances to build reactors grew fewer after the Fukushima accident, with many developed states trying to wean themselves off nuclear, but South Africa plans to issue a tender for one…
March 8, 2012 Zimbabwe – last to leave, never mind turning off the lights – they’re already off In the 32 years of his benighted rule, Zimbabwe's President Robert Gabriel Mugabe has done more damage to the country than its white-led minority government ever did.
Striking workers disrupt access to Chile’s Escondida, Zaldivar copper mines The workers, who have been on strike since the beginning of the month, have launched intermittent blocks in the La Negra industrial sector. January 23, 2026 | 01:33 pm
