October 18, 2013 Chile’s Collahuasi boosts Anglo American results, logs copper record Anglo's Collahuasi copper mine more than doubled output to 63,600 tonnes, way above analysts’ expectations.
October 17, 2013 Simandou railway will uproot 10,000 people Rio Tinto's $20 billion Simandou project in Guinea calls for a 670km railway across the West African nation that will displace thousands.
October 17, 2013 Zimbabwe’s $2bn diamond revenue nowhere to be found So far, no legal action has been taken against people allegedly involved in diamond-related corruption.
October 16, 2013 Chalco wants $2.2bn for stake in Simandou iron ore project Simandou is expected to produce over 95 million tonnes of iron ore per year.
October 16, 2013 Canadian diamond miner says it has found ‘one of the world’s largest kimberlites’ Pangolin Diamonds discovers 270-hectare kimberlite in Botswana.
October 16, 2013 Is gold still a safe haven? Owning an asset that is no-one’s obligation and has no ties to the financial system would seem to be prudent at a time like this, so why hasn’t gold performed…
October 15, 2013 Gold miners not over the hump yet—report Whether there is more pain in store for the main gold players will be known next week, when third-quarter results start rolling out.
October 15, 2013 Friedland wants South Africa to be the ‘Silicon Valley’ for platinum In other words, he hopes to create a “Platinum Valley.”
October 14, 2013 Prices and protests: gold miners’ war on two fronts Gold has dropped over $500/oz and protest movements against gold miners around the world, with the help of social media, have become more prominent.
October 13, 2013 The tribe has spoken: South African miners – please leave the island! Bernard Swanepoel offers some ideas on how miners can recover their reputation.
More than 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in east Congo, official says Rubaya produces around 15% of the world's coltan, which is processed into tantalum. January 30, 2026 | 01:35 pm
