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…

November 18, 2011

Ghana: Taxes on mining companies to be hiked

Ghana will seek to boost revenues from its mining industry next year by hiking taxes, according to a text of the 2012 budget delivered to parliament.

November 18, 2011

Stratex International Plc – Turkey Update

Stratex International plc ("Stratex‟ or "the Company‟), the AIM-quoted exploration and development company focussed on gold and base metals in Turkey and East Africa, is pleased to report additional significant…

November 17, 2011

Ghana budgets for mining tax hike

Ghana will seek to boost revenues from its mining industry next year by hiking taxes, according to a text of the 2012 budget delivered to parliament on Wednesday. The corporate…

November 17, 2011

Implats production drops 12 percent while unit costs increase 10.8 percent

During Q1 Implats production fell 12% due mostly to planned operational outages. Gross platinum production was 388,000 oz compared to 441,000 during the same quarter a year ago. Palladium also…