April 20, 2018 South Africa’s Eskom gets workaround to tackle coal shortages The state-owned utility is seeking coal for seven of its plants that are facing shortages after supply disruptions from Gupta family-controlled mines.
April 20, 2018 Illegal gold miners invade Grace Mugabe’s farm amid legal dispute The illegal miners at Smithfield last month told Grace that she no longer had any power to evict them.
April 20, 2018 Zimbabwe’s parliament orders Mugabe to answer questions over diamonds Former leader Robert Mugabe will have to answer questions next month about whether the state was deprived of $15 billion in diamond revenue.
April 19, 2018 Strike halts gold output at two Randgold mines in Mali — union The strike at the company’s Loulo and Gounkoto mines is related to the payment of bonuses and will continue until the issue is resolved.
April 19, 2018 De Beers launches Sierra Leone-based pilot to remove ‘conflict diamonds’ from the market The world’s top diamond miner will train artisanal and small-scale miners and provide them with tablets as well as a diamond “toolkit” to digitally track their stones throughout the supply…
April 19, 2018 Embattled Acacia Mining keeps losing money due to Tanzania tax row Revenue in the first quarter slumped almost 50% due mainly to reduced operations at its flagship Bulyanhulu gold mine.
April 18, 2018 Diamonds confirm existence of planetary “embryo” A planetary “embryo” gave origin to the meteorite fragments that form the Almahata Sitta collection.
April 17, 2018 South Africa’s Eskom says facing coal shortages at 7 power plants Eskom supplies around 95 percent of South Africa's electricity, predominantly by burning coal.
April 16, 2018 South Africa’s PIC rejects ATON’s takeover offer for Murray & Roberts M&R rejected the bid saying it undervalued the company.
April 16, 2018 Chinese investors key as cobalt price hits month low Cobalt27 CEO lines up Chinese automaker deals, ponders HK listing: “There is a lot of interest and it is natural because it is where all this will happen”.
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