July 25, 2011 Strikes hit BHP, Anglo, De Beers and Xstrata across three continents Bloomberg reports BHP workers in Chile voted Sunday to extend their strike at the world’s largest copper mine. Stoppages at BHP’s Australian coal operations may resume this week. Thirty thousand…
July 24, 2011 Namibia’s diamond sector exempt from planned mining tax hike Namibia's Ministry of Finance has announced plans to raise its mining tax by 17 percent, though the increase will not apply to the diamond sector. The ministry said in a…
July 24, 2011 Zimbabwe government rejects all 175 foreign miners’ empowerment plans The government of Zimbabwe has rejected all 175 of the empowerment proposals submitted by foreign-owned mining companies operating in the country, threatening to "kick them out" if the don't revise…
July 24, 2011 DBCM faces workers’ strike over wage disputes Members of South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) employed by De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBCM) began striking on Friday evening after wage talks between the two parties failed earlier…
July 24, 2011 Sea Diamonds Keep Hytec Busy HYTEC Cape Town has recently been awarded a large contract by De Beers Marine Namibia for the refurbishment of the mining system hydraulics on one of the mining giant’s offshore…
July 24, 2011 SA braces for massive coal strike About 150 000 South African coal workers seeking 14% wage increases plan to walk off the job from Sunday in a strike that could dent exports and hurt power supplies…
July 24, 2011 New coal terminals for Mozambique Construction work on a coal terminal at the northern Mozambican port of Nacala is to begin in July. Sources in Mozambique have revealed that Brazilian firm Vale, which will be…
July 24, 2011 Randgold sees steady Ivorian gold output for years "We are on the budget to achieve 272,000 ounces by the end of the year," Bristow told Reuters in Abidjan on Saturday. "The mine will produce approximately the same level…
July 23, 2011 African Queen, mineral exploration company set for upside African Queen Mines (CVE:AQ) is an exploratory resource company focused in Africa, with loads of development potential. Being at its lowest share price in two years due a recent hammering…
July 22, 2011 Mining Weekly: First metallic iron from Palabora pilot project June 2012 Work is expected to begin in September on a pilot plant that will convert stockpiled magnetite fines into metallic iron at Palabora Mining from the end of June next year.…
Ex-prince Andrew suggested uranium investments to Epstein: BBC The Afghan briefing was one of several official trade-related documents Andrew appears to have shared with Epstein. February 11, 2026 | 10:57 am
