July 14, 2015 Skills development and human resource capacity building needed to keep Mozambican economy on high growth trajectory As Mozambique sits on the precipice of a rapidly growing gas, mining, infrastructure and energy economy, investors, business, unions, government and social stakeholders are walking an unchartered road.
July 14, 2015 Congo’s Gecamines sells copper assets to Chinese for $52 million The deal increases Chinese miners presence in Congo, which is Africa’s top copper producer and the world’s largest producer of cobalt.
July 13, 2015 True Gold injects $14 million to its Karma gold project in Burkina Faso The Vancouver-based company said it is on track to pour its first gold at the mine in the first quarter of 2016.
July 10, 2015 Commodities rout hits diamond industry, prices down 3.4 pct in first half of 2015 In the past year, they've lost 9.4% of their value, the recently launched Zimnisky Global Rough Diamond Price Index shows.
July 9, 2015 Platinum, palladium price drop accelerates Data showing South African production up 88% in May from a year ago pushes platinum to levels last seen in 2008 while palladium falls to 2-and-a-half year low.
July 9, 2015 Iron ore prices: the worst is yet to come Despite the rosy outlook from Australia’s top iron ore producers, they are all facing staggering demand from their biggest customer — China.
July 8, 2015 Why chaos on markets isn’t moving the gold price Safe haven no more? Or how to "portray what is evidently a financial and economic crisis as nothing to be concerned about"?
July 8, 2015 UN Human Rights unit roasts Canada over mining, aboriginal treatment The human rights committee is currently meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, ahead of finalizing its report and is hearing from Canadian non-government groups, including Amnesty, and from the federal government.
July 8, 2015 S. Africa campaigners jump all over Marikana killings report They claim the official report on the police killing of 34 striking miners in 2012 is a "gross defamation" of those who died.
July 7, 2015 Cupric to spend $200 mln to build Botswana copper mine Cupric Canyon Capital, a private equity firm backed by a unit of Barclays Plc, will spend $200 million to bring its copper-silver mine in Botswana to production.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
