February 9, 2015

Mining tycoon executed in China

Total of five executed.

February 9, 2015

China just crossed a landmark threshold

Many are already likening the new Silk Road undertaking to the Marshall Plan

February 9, 2015

Green light for Endeavour Mining’s gold project in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso may encounter some short-term choppiness.

February 9, 2015

Church threatens to dump oil shares after Leonardo DiCaprio film

Mountain gorillas.

February 8, 2015

Rolling blackouts (again) threaten South African mine output

Problems with South Africa's main electricity provider, Eskom, are crimping the plans of major mining companies that depend on regular power provision to run their operations, an energy users group…

February 6, 2015

Iron ore permabear Xie now expects price in $30s

Prices "need to decline to a level that's so painful higher-cost Chinese mines will be forced to give up".

February 5, 2015

Diamond prices expected to fall, production expected to rise

Synthetics are coming.

February 2, 2015

Randgold is piling on the ounces in West Africa

Fast growing Africa-focused Randgold Resource will release a feasibility study for third underground mine at its Loulo-Gounkoto complex in West Africa.

January 30, 2015

Roxgold rockets on Burkina permits

Double digit gains for Toronto junior after receiving final approval for its high-grade, low-cost Yaramoko gold project.

January 29, 2015

Australian uranium miner accused of contaminating Lake Malawi

Paladin Energy, an Australian mining company, has been accused of discharging uranium-contaminated sludge into Lake Malawi, which supports 1.7 million people in three countries – Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania.