June 9, 2011 South Africa mining output rebounds strongly, possible industrial action looms South African mining output rebounded strongly in April, rising by 12.4% year-on-year, after contracting 1.4% in the previous month, a report by Statistics South Africa showed on Thursday. Year-to-date production…
June 9, 2011 Eagle Eye Metals commences drilling Eagle Eye Metals Limited (ASX:EYE) is pleased to announce that it has commenced its inaugural drilling program at the Kourouba Prospect, located within the Company's Dankassa Gold Project, in southern…
June 8, 2011 South Africa’s largest union backs mine nationalization South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers' central committee on Wednesday backed the country's Freedom Charter clause on nationalization and the ruling ANC party's resolution of 2010 to look at a…
June 8, 2011 Conditions at Chinese mines in Zimbabwe ‘inhuman and unsafe’ – union Zimbabwe's Newsday reports the National Mine Workers’ Union has complained about the working conditions at Chinese-owned chrome and gold mines dotted around the Midlands region, saying they were inhuman and…
June 8, 2011 Trouble in the next oil sands frontier — Africa Oil sands mining are not typically associated with Africa and the continent's two mega-projects, one in the Congo Basin and another on the island of Madagascar, are running into trouble.…
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…
China’s Premier inspects rare earth facilities, hints at leverage in US rivalry Li Qiang inspected rare earth facilities in the southern province of Jiangxi on Tuesday. February 10, 2026 | 04:26 pm
