January 24, 2012

South Africa’s attractiveness for mining investment plummets

A new survey out Tuesday shows South Africa’s appeal for mining investment has declined dramatically since 2006 and the country now ranks a lowly 67th out of 79 countries in…

January 24, 2012

Cardero’s Ghanaian Partner Issued 3 Prospecting Licenses, JV Agreements Concluded and Exploration Initiated Over Sheini Hills Iron Deposits, Ghana

Cardero Resource Corp. ("Cardero" or the "Company") (TSX:CDU)(NYSE Amex:CDY)(FRANKFURT:CR5) announces that Emmaland Resources Limited, its Ghanaian joint venture partner ("Emmaland"), has received from the Government of the Republic of Ghana,…

January 24, 2012

Xstrata completes sale of South African coal mining assets

Xstrata Coal South Africa (XCSA) has completed the sale of its coal assets located in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

January 24, 2012

A Coming Great Global Angst

Our agriculture system is concentrated on producing a very few staple crops - there is a very serious lack of crop diversity.

January 23, 2012

Reservoir Options Gold Projects From BEIG3 in the Cameroon

Reservoir Minerals Inc. ("RMC" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:RMC)(PINKSHEETS:RVRLF)(BERLIN:9RE) is pleased to report that it has signed an Option and Joint Venture Agreement with the Bureau d'Etudes et d'Investigations Géologico-Minières,…

January 22, 2012

‘Botswana diamond mines best in the world’

Botswana Diamonds recently listed on the Aim Market mining sector and says plans are underway to have a secondary listing on the Botswana Stock Exchange. Executive chairman of Botswana Diamonds…

January 22, 2012

Zimplats workers go on strike – State paper

According to state media reports, Workers at Impala Platinum's Zimbabwean unit have gone on strike in a bid to get the miner to pay for its employees' personal electricity bills

January 20, 2012

Randgold’s new gold mine overcomes obstacles

Randgold Resources' new gold mine at Tongon in Cote d'Ivoire which was nurtured as a project through a civil war and then successfully commissioned in the final quarter of 2010…

January 20, 2012

$1billion Ivanplats IPO rumoured

Bloomberg reports that Ivanplats Ltd., an Africa-focused mining company controlled by billionaire CEO Robert Friedland, may seek up to $1 billion in an IPO.

January 20, 2012

Trading places: rare earth prices plummet while rare earth miners rocket in 2012

The share price performance of those non-Chinese rare earth miners closest to production – Molycorp in the US, Australia's Lynas and Great Western Minerals in South Africa – is in…