April 5, 2013 Is Tunisia the new hot spot for energy investors? Interview with John Nelson Until recently Tunisia was considered to be a minor league and relatively underexplored venue in Africa’s rapidly expanding oil & gas scene.
April 4, 2013 Japan gets the green light to mine coal in Mozambique The mine, scheduled to start operating in 2016, is expected to produce 5 million tonnes of coking coal a year.
April 2, 2013 Why Rick Rule bought $280m of platinum and palladium When Rick Rule pairs lower grades, labor strife and inefficient mines with the relentless demand for platinum and palladium, his result is an investment thesis that could pay off for…
April 2, 2013 Fresh delays hit Glencore-Xstrata $76 billion mega merger New deadline for completion is May 2.
April 1, 2013 Four miners that could make money at the margins—and one that probably won’t Christos Doulis travels the world for Stonecap Securities looking for mining companies that can contain costs; companies that can't contain costs because of rising labor and energy bills are not…
March 31, 2013 Huge blow to Gabon as BHP pulls out Another African nation has fallen victim of belt-tightening at the world's number one miner.
March 31, 2013 Are gold miners starting to hedge again? "No one wants to be the first to move, given how risk averse the mood is."
March 31, 2013 Nelson Mandela’s daughter in sweetheart gold mine deal Nelson Mandela's daughter Zindzi; Dudu Myeni, a close associate of President Jacob Zuma, and Cyril Ramaphosa's business partner James Motlatsi are some of the beneficiaries of Gold Fields's controversial South…
March 28, 2013 US lobby warns Pentagon against further dependence on Chinese rare earths Governments around the world have become increasingly attentive to rare earths as their strategic value has become clearer.
Zimbabwe to continue mineral purchases in 2026, central bank governor says The central bank has aggressively pursued a foreign currency accumulation strategy through mandatory mining royalties, outright gold purchases and leveraging on the rally in gold. December 28, 2025 | 09:29 am
