December 7, 2011 Namibia iron ore riches set to transform Kunene A planned iron ore mine and a steel plant, with the possibility of a new port, envisioned for the Kunene Region is likely to fast-track Namibia's march towards industrialisation. Eastern…
December 7, 2011 Vale readies first Moatize coking coal shipment Brazil's Vale is set to move its first coking coal shipment next week from its Moatize mine in Mozambique, sources told Reuters on Tuesday. This will be the first coking…
December 7, 2011 Minmetals confident amid DRC election chaos, extends Anvil takeover offer again Anvil Mining, a copper producer in the Democratic Republic of Congo, announced Wednesday China's Minmetals Resources has extended its $1.3 billion takeover offer for the second time, to January 11 next year. The…
December 7, 2011 Glencore acquires 43.66% of SA coal business Glencore International, the world's largest commodities trader, on Wednesday announced that it had completed the acquisition of an effective 43.66% equity interest in Umcebo Mining, a South African coal mining…
December 7, 2011 Human Rights Watch finds evidence of child labour in Mali gold mines It is a sad but indisputable fact that in today's mining industry there are countries that still allow labour practices that belong in Dickensian England rather than a modern economy.
December 7, 2011 SA misses coal boom South Africa's coal exports are surging into 2012 just when top spot buyers China and India are out of the market and supply bottlenecks elsewhere have eased, so it will…
December 7, 2011 Brawl brews over Sheini Hills iron ore mines A long legal battle is looming over who has the right to mine iron ore in the Sheini Hills at Zabzugu-Tatale in the Northern region of Ghana.
December 7, 2011 Murray & Roberts Cementation preferred contractor for proposed Venetia underground diamond project Murray & Roberts Cementation has been selected by De Beers as the preferred contractor to undertake the development of an underground mining operation at Venetia diamond mine. This project is…
December 5, 2011 Gold Fields says Ghana tax plan may halt $1 billion projects Gold Fields Ltd., the fourth-biggest producer of the metal, said Ghana’s plan to raise tariffs on mines and introduce a windfall tax could force it to halt expansion projects worth…
December 5, 2011 MDM awarded EPC contract for Tharisa chromite/platinum expansion MDM Engineering Group has signed the contract for the Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) of Tharisa Minerals’ chromite and platinum expansion project in South Africa, near Marikana.
CMOC raises $1.2 billion in convertibles deal The notes mark the largest convertible-bond deal by a Chinese miner since Zijin’s $2 billion issuance in 2024. January 20, 2026 | 07:12 am
