May 7, 2015 Capacity development critical to sustaining economic growth in Africa Prices of commodities are expected to remain high and to be a key driver of African growth over the next few years
May 7, 2015 Lower gold prices hurt Randgold first quarter profit The Africa-focused gold producer saw its first-quarter profit fall16% due mainly to lower bullion prices and reduced production.
May 6, 2015 Iron ore price blasts past $60 Steelmaking raw material now up 28.7% from decade lows hit last month.
May 6, 2015 South32 gets going after BHP investors strong support, sees M&A opportunities BHP Billiton shareholders have overwhelmingly voted in favour of the South32 demerger, a spin off that creates Australia’s third-largest mining company.
May 6, 2015 Would Palladium replace gold as engagement rings choice of metal? Gold has concentrated lots of interest in the past 6-7 years due to the economic crisis.
May 5, 2015 South Africa delays court decision on black ownership of mines The mines ministry has missed an April deadline to ask courts solve the issue of whether companies may claim they meet black-ownership quotas if shareholders have sold their stakes.
May 5, 2015 Lucara sells stake in African diamond project to Paragon for $8.5m Developing Mothae and Lemphane concurrently would allow Paragon to benefit from significant economies of scale, said Paragon Diamonds.
May 4, 2015 Outside money starts to pour into mining M&A Mick Davis hasn't spent a cent of his $6bn, but private money and non-mining players' share of M&A has already doubled in less than three years.
May 4, 2015 This plant may be the best diamond-finding tool you’ll ever have American geophysicist and Fulbright scholar, Stephen Haggerty, has found a new prickly, palm-like plant that seems to grow only on top of kimberlite pipes.
May 4, 2015 RioZim seeks partnerships for $2.1bn Zimbabwe power plant RioZim Ltd., which mines gold, diamonds and coal in Zimbabwe, wants to work with state-owned power utilities in South Africa and Namibia to build a 1,400-megawatt electricity plant near its…
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
