October 23, 2018 Barrick favors taking back control of Acacia Mining No final decision has been made, and it’s also not clear whether all three of Acacia’s Tanzanian gold mines will be brought back into Barrick.
October 23, 2018 De Beers diamond production falls 5 percent in third quarter The world’s top diamond producer by value attributed the decline to planned volume reductions in Botswana and South Africa.
October 23, 2018 Iamgold to apply for mining concession at ‘promising’ project in Senegal Company said feasibility study for its Boto gold asset outlines an economically robust, low cost production project which will produce 140,000 ounces of gold annually on average over a 13-year…
October 22, 2018 Congo sets deadline for plan on 11,000-megawatt hydro plant 'There have been tenders, lots of meetings, lots of promotional activities, but it’s only today that we have for the first time a legal document'
October 22, 2018 Petra Diamonds revenue up as production, sales jump Revenue rose 22 percent in the quarter to $80.2 million from $65.8 million a year prior, despite diamond prices being 5 percent lower when compared to the same period of…
October 22, 2018 Lonmin in $200m loan deal with state-backed Chinese company Under the deal, Lonmin will repay most of the loan by delivering platinum and palladium over a three year period to a subsidiary of Jiangxi Copper, China’s largest copper producer.
October 22, 2018 Glencore boss Ivan Glasenberg to retire in 3-5 years — report He is said to have already begun training three to four people to succeed him in the job.
October 21, 2018 Almost 400,000 migrants left Angola in massive diamond crackdown The government says that diamonds worth more than $1 million had been seized in the course of Operation Transparency.
October 19, 2018 Kenya to set up gold refinery to help small miners The aim of the project is to improve the livelihoods of the beneficiary community and regional economy - Mining Ministry
October 19, 2018 Acacia threatens Tanzania with legal action as dispute escalates The company is also seeking direct talks with the country's government, as it's been excluded so far from negotiations between controlling shareholder, Barrick Gold, and President John Magufuli.
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