April 18, 2019 Alrosa launches new Zarya pipe in eastern Russia The new deposit should compensate for the depleting stock of the Komsomolsky open-pit mine.
April 18, 2019 Petra Diamonds on a roll after another major find at Cullinan The find is the third Type II D-colour gem-quality diamond weighing more than 100 carats recovered since March and the fourth such rock discovered in the current financial year.
April 18, 2019 Mick Davis a step closer to mining iron ore in Guinea with Liberia deal Niron Metals, an investment vehicle co-founded and headed by Davis, has struck a deal with Liberia allowing it to use a rail and port to export iron ore from Guinea's…
April 17, 2019 Glencore Coal chief development officer named Katanga CEO Jeff Gerard named to the top job, taking over from Danny Callow.
April 17, 2019 B2Gold’s beats first quarter production targets Consolidated gold production was 230,859 ounces, 6% (12,704) ounces above budget.
April 17, 2019 Zimbabwe attracts two new investors to develop platinum mining projects The southern African nation has the second largest platinum deposits after South Africa.
April 17, 2019 Moroccan miner Managem considering raising $200m in bond sales Last month, Managem reported a 16% drop in 2018 revenue after metal prices fell on international markets and its Bakkoudou gold mine in Gabon closed.
April 17, 2019 Five-month strike at Sibanye-Stillwater mines ends with deal The company, South Africa's largest gold producer, has run up losses of about 1.6 billion rand ($114 million) and about 110,000 ounces of missed gold output because of the labour…
April 17, 2019 Operations resumed at Zambia’s Munali nickel mine The restart of operations follows a refurbishing process designed by new operator CNM back in 2014.
April 17, 2019 Botswana unveils rare 20-carat blue diamond, the country’s largest ever Botswana's state-run Okavango Diamond Company has unveiled what is believed to be the largest blue diamond ever discovered in the southern African country.
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