August 15, 2011 Southern Africa: A diamond mine for hotel investors? Africa’s future is bright. Africa is moving decisively out of recession, and looks set to renew its pre-recession average growth rate of six per cent (African Economic Outlook 2010 and…
August 15, 2011 Avocet Inata gold drilling results support further mine expansion Avocet Mining received the latest results from its drilling programme at its flagship Inata gold mine in Burkina Faso. The drilling programme was conducted over the first half of 2011…
August 15, 2011 Mopani to spend $80m on capturing sulphur emissions Zambian copper miner Mopani has invested a further $80-million in gas capture equipment and a second sulphuric acid plant aimed at capturing some 97% of sulphur dioxide by 2015. CEO…
August 15, 2011 Mining industry gives Saara tax ultimatum Saara Kuugongelwa- Amadhila THE mining industry has given Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila until Wednesday to reconsider her intended tax reforms before they alert investors worldwide to “the most devastating elements”…
August 15, 2011 Legend Mining iron hits point to large potential of Ngovayang Project in Cameroon Legend Mining ( ASX: LEG ) has returned more wide iron intersections after completing a seven hole drilling program at the Melombo West target within the Ngovayang Project in Cameroon,…
August 14, 2011 Ivory Coast gold production to double by 2013 The Ivory Coast’s gold production capacity will almost double to 13t a year by 2013, from its current annual output of 7t, according to the country’s energy and mines minister…
August 13, 2011 Ghana gold production rises 14 pct for the first quarter of 2011 Ghana gold production rose 14% for the first quarter of 2011 versus a year ago to 796 797 oz, and gold revenues during the same period soared 47% to $1.15-billion,…
August 13, 2011 Another shooting incident at AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine There has been another shooting incident at the AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine during which 23-year-old Kwame Eric of Binsere, near Obuasi, was shot by a detail of a private security…
August 13, 2011 Kenya set to issue a gold mining lease to Goldplat Kenyan government will in October issue London listed Goldplat a lease to exploit the large gold deposits at Kilimapesa gold site in Narok County. An official at Kenya's ministry of…
August 13, 2011 UC Rusal holds talks with Guinea to develop bauxite deposit Bloomberg reported that United Company Rusal in talks with the government of Guinea on terms to develop the Dian Dian bauxite deposit. Mr Vladislav Soloviev first deputy CEO of Moscow…
Op-Ed: America can’t defend itself with Chinese minerals US is building new critical-mineral processing facilities from Texas to Tennessee, but without new sources of raw material, those plants will sit idle. January 23, 2026 | 12:56 pm
