June 29, 2011 South Africa’s platinum producers fail to capitalize on boom times Miningmx reports on the fortunes of the South African platinum sector, the dominant global supplier where production peaked at about 5.3 million ounces in 2006, up from just over 4…
June 29, 2011 Crucial meeting on Zimbabwe’s diamond exports and $5bn stockpile ends in disarray SW Radio Africa reports the seemingly unilateral decision by the chairman of the international diamond trade watchdog to allow Zimbabwe to resume diamond exports has been rejected by among others…
June 29, 2011 Government urges Tanzanite mine to double wages to $215/month The Dar es Salaam Citizen reports Tanzanite One Mining, the dominant miner of the rare gemstone only found in the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro, has been ordered to increase the…
June 29, 2011 FLSmidth to supply equipment for copper mine in Zambia FLSmidth has received a contract worth approximately USD 50m (approximately DKK 260m) from Kalumbila Minerals Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of First Quantum Minerals Ltd. for the supply of equipment…
June 29, 2011 South Africa mines nationalization talk may cut output Bloomberg reports South Africa risks cutting the mine output that contributes 8.8% of the economy as calls from within the governing political party for a state takeover of the industry…
June 29, 2011 FL Smidth gets mill order for FQM’s major Sentinel copper project in Zambia An announced order for milling equipment for First Quantum's big Sentinel copper project in Zambia suggests a decision to go ahead with the project has already been taken. FLSmidth has…
June 29, 2011 Sundance shortlists partners for $4.6B iron ore project MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Sundance Resources has shortlisted potential partners for its $4.6 billion iron ore project in West Africa, it said on Wednesday, sending its shares up as much as…
June 28, 2011 Cassidy acquires exploitation permit for Kouroussa Gold Project, Guinea, West Africa Cassidy Gold Corp. recently received an exploitation permit covering all gold resources identified to-date at the company's 100% owned Kouroussa Gold Project located in Guinea, West Africa. This permit runs…
June 28, 2011 Sandvik commissions Africa’s biggest surface top-hammer drill rig at East London quarry South African sand and aggregate producer Inde-pendent Quarries has com-missioned the first of mining equipment provider Sandvik’s DPi series surface top-hammer drill rigs at its quarry in East London. Read…
June 28, 2011 La Mancha’s Hassaï gold mine’s Q2 production impacted by fire La Mancha Resources reports that a fire partially damaged two electrowinning cells at its Hassaï mine, in Northeast Sudan, over the weekend. Although the site is continuing its normal mining…
Column: Nickel market plays the Indonesia’s numbers game Nickel prices have been on an explosive rally as the market bets that Indonesia, the world's largest producer, will hit the brakes on its runaway output growth. January 25, 2026 | 06:54 am
