November 22, 2011

Coal and ports investments set to transform Mozambique

Reuters reports the board of Brazil's Vale has approved a $6 billion expansion of its Moatize coal project in Mozambique to lift output to 22 million tonnes per year from…

November 22, 2011

Desert Gold Receives Conditional Exchange Approval for Acquisition of TransAfrika Belgique S.A.

Further to its press release of October 5, 2011, Desert Gold Ventures Inc. (TSX-V: DAU) (the "Company" or "Desert Gold") is pleased to announce that the TSX Venture Exchange (the…

November 22, 2011

West African Iron Ore Corp. phase one drilling continues to intersect high grade iron ore mineralisation and confirms potential Direct Shipping Ore

West African Iron Ore Corp (TSX-V: WAI) West African Iron Ore ("WAI" or the "Company") is pleased to report substantial intersections of near surface and sub-surface, high-grade iron ore mineralisation…

November 22, 2011

1700K ‘human wall’ to stop diamond smuggling? Only in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's efforts to declare its "blood-stained" diamonds clean is bordering (no pun intended) on the ridiculous, writes Tangai Chipangura, a columnist at News Day.

November 21, 2011

SPECIAL: Africa’s biggest mining show begins

Africa's largest mining and investment show, Mining Indaba, gets underway in Cape Town, South Africa.

November 21, 2011

Accidents claim three lives at South African platinum mines

Three miners have died in two separate incidents at platinum mines in South Africa.

November 21, 2011

MDM awarded major new dense media plant contract in DRC

MDM Engineering has been awarded the EPCM contract for the engineering and construction of a 1.2 Mt/y Dense Media Separation (DMS) plant for Comide, a subsidiary of Camrose Resources, which…

November 20, 2011

Gryphon Minerals – Samavogo drill results continue to impress, Banfora Gold Project, Burkina Faso

Gryphon Minerals Limited (ASX:GRY) is pleased to announce more outstanding drilling results from ongoing reverse circulation and diamond drilling at the Samavogo Gold Deposit, at the Company's flagship Banfora Gold…

November 18, 2011

Implats shuts Rustenburg shaft, 2 workers trapped

Implats reported Friday that a search mission was underway at its Rustenburg operation in search of two trapped workers and had stopped work at the affected shaft. Impala Platinum, the…

November 18, 2011

Australia’s Gryphon advances gold discovery in Burkina Faso

Active Australian gold explorer, Gryphon, today announced significant new drilling results at its Samavogo prospect. Gryphon Minerals Ltd (ASX: GRY indicated today that the latest drilling could enhance the already-established…