June 16, 2011 Gold Mining in Eritrea Gold miners are expanding their focus in Africa to the northeast of the continent, a region that in the past, was largely bypassed by gold explorers. Northeast Africa already has…
June 16, 2011 Strong Demand from Antwerp, Declining Interest for Near Gem at Diamdel Diamdel sold 251 of the 256 rough diamond lots it offered at its recent auction. Demand for large goods, 2+ ct items, grainers and smaller goods increased compared to the…
June 16, 2011 FLSmidth Roymec integration is now complete Following FLSmidth’s acquisition of engineering and material handling specialist Roymec in November 2010, all Roymec personnel have now moved over to FLSmidth’s South African headquarters in Constantia Kloof, Roodepoort, creating…
June 15, 2011 Essar to process Zimbabwe iron ore if it decides to export Bloomberg reports Essar Africa Holdings Ltd., a unit of Essar Group, said it will process Zimbabwean iron ore before exporting it through a terminal it may build in Mozambique's port city…
June 15, 2011 Vale aims to spend over $12bn in Africa Brazilian miner Vale SA plans to spend over $12 billion on investments in Africa over the next five years, a mining conference heard on Wednesday. Brazilian companies, like their Chinese…
June 15, 2011 BHP, Minmetals, First Quantum to up Zambian copper exploration Bloomberg reports BHP Billiton Ltd., the largest mining company, Minmetals Resources Ltd. and First Quantum Minerals Ltd. are stepping up copper exploration in Zambia after prices for the metal more…
June 15, 2011 Zambia says needs to reduce reliance on copper Mining Weekly reports Zambia is keen to diversify its mining sector and wants more exploration in iron-ore, manganese, coal and uranium, Vice-President George Kunda said on Wednesday. Speaking at a…
June 15, 2011 Winnipeg Free Press: Chalice Gold sells part of mine to Eritrean National Mining for US$32 million Eritrean National Mining Corp. has agreed to pay US$32 million for a 30 percent stake in Chalice Gold Mines' Zara gold project, Bloomberg reported Wednesday:
June 15, 2011 Astra plans Frankfurt listing, inks Nigerian deal Diversified Australian miner Astra Mining announced on Wednesday plans to list on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange before the end of August after two days earlier inking a deal to enter…
June 14, 2011 New 50% bigger Kalukundi copper/cobalt project study awarded South Africa's MDM Engineering Group has been awarded the increased throughput design update and cost revalidation of the Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS) for Africo Resources' Kalukundi copper/cobalt project, located in…
Op Ed: Canadians must match American urgency in the race for critical minerals Canada has the minerals the West needs, but slow permits and weak processing threaten our strategic moment. February 12, 2026 | 04:09 am
