December 19, 2011 First Uranium to lay off 1,850 employees at South African mine First Uranium said it plans to lay off up to 1,850 employees at its Ezulwini Mine in South Africa.
December 19, 2011 London Mining delays first Marampa shipment The miner has delayed the first shipment from its Marampa iron ore mine in Sierra Leone to January to allow it to use larger supramax sized vessels instead of handymax…
December 17, 2011 Blood diamonds ‘will pay for Mugabe’s terror’ Conflict diamonds are to be used to fund a new campaign of violence by President Robert Mugabe's regime against his political opponents in Zimbabwe as elections loom.
December 16, 2011 Occidental Gold plans Ivory Coast gold mine After discovering a significant deposit in the Ivory Coast, Occidental Gold, a unit of Australia's Perseus Mining said it will seek a mining licence from the West African state.
December 16, 2011 Diamond mining firms unfazed by US sanctions list Two diamond mining companies that were recently placed on the United States government sanctions list have said the embargo will not affect their operations and marketing of the gems.
December 15, 2011 South African court rules $89 million stake in iron ore mine wrongly awarded A South African court has ruled that the Department of Mineral Resources wrongly awarded prospecting rights to the Sishen iron ore mine to Imperial Crown Trading 289 (ICT).
December 15, 2011 Glencore enters agreement to acquire stake In Rosh Pinah Zinc Glencore International plc today announced that a subsidiary has entered into an agreement with Exxaro Base Metals and Industrial Holdings (Proprietary) Limited to acquire Exxaro’s entire 50.04 per cent shareholding…
December 14, 2011 Mozambique ports grow with Rio Tinto appetite for coal Roads were little more than rubble and there was barely enough working equipment to load cargo at Maputo port in 2003. Then Mozambique brought in Grindrod Ltd. (GND) and DP…
December 14, 2011 US sanctions two diamond mines in Zimbabwe The United States on Monday sanctioned two diamond mines located in Zimbabwe's Marange region, the scene of serious human rights abuses in 2008.
December 14, 2011 Capital Drilling grows further in Chile and Mauritania Capital Drilling, the emerging and developing markets drilling company, has been awarded two further contract wins and extensions. Capital Drilling Mauritania has recently been awarded a new development drilling contract…
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
