January 5, 2012 Union drops strike at First Quantum mine in Zambia Workers at First Quantum Minerals' Zambian copper/gold mine resumed work this morning after the country’s minister of labour intervened to end the two-day wage strike.
January 4, 2012 First Quantum suspends production at its copper/gold mine in Zambia First Quantum announced that it is suspending production at its 80%-owned Kansanshi copper/gold mine in Zambia due to a labour dispute that started yesterday.
January 4, 2012 Paragon Diamonds buoyed by positive first results from Motete Dyke licence Paragon Diamonds (LON:PRG) confidence has been boosted after it received positive results from a first sample sent from its newly awarded Motete Dyke licence in Lesotho, southern Africa.
January 4, 2012 Gaydamak: Leviev Owes Me $2 Bln for Angolan Diamond Deals Russian oligarch Arcadi Gaydamak has filed a complaint against Lev Leviev with the Israel Police, claiming that Leviev owes him $2 billion in unpaid diamond trading commissions.
January 3, 2012 US$100 million debt facility agreement completed: Eastern Platinum Limited Eastern Platinum Limited (the “Company” or “Eastplats”) is pleased to report that further to its press release of February 1, 2011 announcing the receipt of letters of commitment for a…
January 2, 2012 US$5 billions worth gold reserves discovery in Ethiopia The National Mining Corporation (NMiC), an Ethiopian private company, announced the discovery of the largest ever gold and base metal reserves in Oromia and Tigray regional states. NMiC estimates that…
January 2, 2012 U.S. conflict mineral crackdown backfiring in the DRC – UN According to a United Nations report, a U.S. attempt to halt the sale of so-called "conflict minerals" has actually pushed trade deeper into the hands of criminals.
January 1, 2012 African Metals says startup of processing plant in DRC delays by weather, unrest The assembly of an African Metals Corp. (TSXV:AFR) processing plant at its Luisha South copper-cobalt project in Congo is now expected to be completed in January following delays caused by…
January 1, 2012 Mining companies in Tanzania yet to pay raised royalty fees Tanzanians are yet to start benefiting from the new mining law which raised royalty paid on precious minerals including gold from three to four per cent because mining companies haven’t…
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
