August 13, 2011 Over 10000 people benefit from RUSAL ALSCON water project RUSAL ALSCON, the Nigerian subsidiary of United Company RUSAL announced the completion of 7 water projects to complement the existing three projects that provide potable water for over 10,000 people…
August 12, 2011 First Uranium Corporation – Fatality at the Ezulwini mine First Uranium announced that on August 11, 2011 a fatality occurred at the Ezulwini mine. An internal investigation is underway to determine the cause of the incident. A day of…
August 12, 2011 Ghana gold output, revenues rise in Q1 ACCRA 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…
August 12, 2011 Elenilto and Sesa Goa to invest $2.6bn for Western Cluster Indian firm Sesa Goa and Elenilto Minerals & Mining are planning to invest more than $2.6bn in Liberian iron ore firm Western Cluster. Elenilto Minerals & Mining will invest $77m…
August 11, 2011 Reserves grow at Husab Estimated uranium reserves at the Husab uranium project in Namibia have increased by 37%, ensuring an operating life of over 20 years for Extract Resources Ltd's planned mine, the company…
August 11, 2011 Gold Fields net earnings up 15% in the June quarter hitting US$186 million Gold Fields, one of the world's top five gold producers, announced June quarter earnings that were up 15% to US$186 million, compared with US$158 million in the March quarter. During…
August 11, 2011 No nationalisation says Gold Fields GOLD Fields CEO Nick Holland remains confident nationalisation of the mines would not happen in South Africa but conceded the intensifying debate was increasingly worrying international investors. He commented, “I…
August 11, 2011 S.Africa gold output down 5.7 pct y/y in June South Africa's gold output fell 5.7 percent in volume terms in June while total mineral production fell 0.7 percent compared with the same month a year earlier, data showed on…
August 11, 2011 BBC: torture in Marange Diamond Fields Stephane Chardon, the Chair of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme's (KPCS) powerful Working Group on Monitoring (WGM), convened an emergency teleconference this week a day after the airing of BBC's…
August 11, 2011 Mine worker dead at AngloGold mine A mine worker was killed and another injured in a seismic event that triggered a fall of ground at AngloGold Ashanti's Mponeng mine. ||| A mine worker was killed and…
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
