June 8, 2011 Botswana Diamonds plc: Cameroon reconnaissance program yields early successes The board of Botswana Diamonds (AIM: BOD) is pleased to announce that its geologists have identified sequences of sedimentary rock layers in several localities in the east of its Cameroon…
June 8, 2011 African Barrick Gold unaware of any Tanzanian plans to impose mining windfall tax African Barrick Gold said it was not aware of plans by the Tanzanian government to impose a "super tax" on mining profits, responding to reports that the country could introduce…
June 7, 2011 Sandvik commissions biggest surface top hammer drill rig in Africa The first of Sandvik’s revolutionary new DPi Series surface top hammer drill rigs - the biggest top hammer of its kind in Africa - has been commissioned at Independent Quarries…
June 6, 2011 Unprecedented volumes on Africa’s biggest heap leach pad project Construction activities have reached peak intensity on the 34-month Maxi Heap Leach Pad project for French nuclear company AREVA at its Trekkopje uranium mine in Namibia, which will feature in…
June 6, 2011 First Uranium announces financial results for the three and twelve months ended March 31, 2011 First Uranium announced total gold sales for its financial year ended March 31, 2011 ("FY 2011") of 142,630 ounces of gold, which is a significant increase over the 91,657 ounces…
June 6, 2011 Eager to fend off China, India seeks diamonds from Zimbabwe India, the world's largest diamond processing market, is in a bind. The country that imported close to $7.5 billion in rough diamonds last year has not been able to shake…
June 6, 2011 The risks facing South African gold miners abroad South Africa’s big three gold miners are upping their global presence as grades at home dwindle and regulatory uncertainty, nationalisation talk and […]
June 6, 2011 Middle Island secures Nuon River gold project in Liberia One of 2010’s glamour floats in Australia, Middle Island Resources Ltd (ASX: MDI) has decided to join some global majors, including BHP […]
June 5, 2011 Powerful ruling party politician calls South African mine owners thieves A new local documentary to be screened in cinemas next week and engineered to make a case for the nationalisation of the mining industry called Mining for Change: A Story…
June 4, 2011 African Queen starts core drilling program at King Solomon in Mozambique Vancouver-based African Queen Mines announced on Friday that it has now commenced its 2011 core drilling program covering approximately 3000m at its King Solomon Project, located north of Lake Cahorra…
Lithium swings from glut to scarcity on Asia demand, Traxys says Lithium is emerging from a period of oversupply after record-high prices spurred supply growth at a time of disappointing demand. January 16, 2026 | 01:05 pm
