July 2, 2011 Top officials raid ‘problem mine’ Operations came to a grinding halt when environmental and water affairs officers pounced on the Shanduka Waterlands coal mine in Middleburg on Friday. The raid, carried out by Deputy Minister…
July 1, 2011 Madagascar Oil and Total drop Africa’s biggest oil sands project Madagascar Oil's annual report released on Thursday shows the company is scuttling its project with French giant Total to develop a 1.2bn barrel oil sand deposit on the island after…
July 1, 2011 Sierra Leone diamond miner secures funding for $150m expansion Sierra Leone’s largest diamond-mining company, Koidu Holdings, says it has secured funding for the $150-million expansion at the Koidu kimberlite project and implementation is gaining momentum. CEO Jan Joubert reports…
July 1, 2011 Botswana Diamonds update exploration activities During a review of earlier work on AK9, prior to beginning the bulk sampling, it was discovered from an analysis of micro diamonds that a potential high grade kimberlite could…
July 1, 2011 Rwandan mines expected to boost tin exports amid record prices Rutongo expects to double shipments to 200 metric tons a month by the end of 2012 from 100 tons currently, Michael Biryabarema, general director of the Rwanda Geology and Mines…
July 1, 2011 South Africa gold output in first quarter slumps 9.3% In the first quarter of 2011 South Africa's gold production increased by 3.4% to 44,682.7 kilograms, when compared to the same quarter of 2010, the Chamber of Mines said Friday.…
June 30, 2011 Goliath Gold drills on as losses mount Goliath Gold, a thinly traded African exploration company this week reported a deepening loss for the year to end-March as it pushes ahead with drilling programmes at its Johannesburg East…
June 30, 2011 Classic takeover battle as Brazil and China giants vie for African miner The stock of cobalt and copper miner Metorex is up by a third this year following Brazilian giant Vale's $1.1bn bid for the mid-tier producer. With reports surfacing that Jinchuan,…
June 30, 2011 The difference 18 months has made [miningmx.com] -- THE latest Metorex annual review – which covers the 18 months to end-December 2010 following a change to its financial year-end – is already out of date due…
June 30, 2011 POSCO not in talks with Sundance on $4.6 bln iron ore project POSCO, the world's third-biggest steelmaker, is not in talks with Sundance Resources over the latter's $4.6 billion iron ore project in West Africa, a POSCO source said. "We previously met…
CHART: Friday massacre for mining stocks but copper price pulls out of nosedive Historic down day for gold and silver prices caused double digit losses for precious metals stocks but copper miners came off relatively lightly. January 30, 2026 | 06:21 pm
