April 12, 2018 Harmony Gold says $519,000 of metal stolen from S. African mine Thieves broke into Harmony Gold Mining Co.’s Kalgold mine Tuesday morning and stole 12 kilograms (386 ounces) of the precious metal.
April 12, 2018 De Beers is said to lift diamond prices for second straight sale The company raised prices a similar amount in its previous sale at the end of February.
April 12, 2018 Burkina Faso to end tycoon Frank Timis’s manganese mining contract Timis's Pan African Burkina Limited (PAB) acquired the rights to the Tambao mine, which it says holds 100 million tonnes of manganese reserves, in June 2012.
April 12, 2018 Lucara recovers 472 carat diamond, third largest ever for Karowe Recovered from the Karowe Diamond Mine located in Botswana.
April 11, 2018 Botswana’s Tati Nickel Mine out of liquidation after court ruling When it was placed under liquidation, Tati had incurred a cumulative loss of 1.6 billion pula ($165 million) and owed creditors one billion pula.
April 11, 2018 Vedanta Resources expects supply constraints to sustain zinc prices Vedanta could accelerate expansion of its African zinc operations to take advantage of strong prices.
April 11, 2018 Mining industry must improve human rights, environment protection — index The Responsible Mining Index, launched in Geneva on Wednesday, assesses the policies and practices of 30 large companies that produce 25 percent of mined commodities, from gold to copper and…
April 10, 2018 South Africa’s mines minister aims for new mining charter by May The charter's problem areas included raising the target for black ownership to 30 percent from 26 percent.
April 9, 2018 Operations restarted at Newmont’s gold mines in Ghana -spokesman Operations were shut down on Saturday following an accident in which six construction workers were killed.
April 8, 2018 ICSID rejects BSGR’s motion in battle over Simandou iron ore project in Guinea The information was made public by The Wall Street Journal, whose journalists had access to a procedural order.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
