December 12, 2012 Rockwell Diamonds mothballs Tirisano mine Canadian Rockwell Diamonds (TSX:RDI, JSE:RDI) has decided to place its operations at its Tirisano mine in South Africa “on care and maintenance,” following persistent industrial relations issues and ongoing losses…
December 12, 2012 GeoNovus cancels option on Nyakagwe project, Tanzania from Redhill Resources; updates Arizona projects The board of GeoNovus has determined to no longer proceed on the letter of intent with Redhill Resources to acquire all of Redhill's rights to the Nyakagwe Project in Tanzania.
December 12, 2012 Oromin Explorations Ltd.: OJVG gold project-status of feasibility study SRK Consulting Inc. and Ausenco Solutions Canada Inc., advise that results of the CIL Feasibility Study and PEA update are progressing well towards being available in the second half of…
December 11, 2012 Iron ore price highest since July as China cranks out 16% more steel and stockpiles hit 2-year low Port ore stockpiles are down 25% since February peak and imports are up 17%.
December 11, 2012 Rio Tinto and Anglo sell Palabora to Chinese group Mining giants Rio Tinto and Anglo American are selling a 74.5% shareholding in the South African copper company Palabora Mining to a consortium of Chinese and South African firms, in…
December 11, 2012 Glencore-Xstrata deal hits South African snag Glencore has extended the deadline to complete takeover of Xstrata (LON:XTA) by a month after South African power utility Eskom expressed worries about its coal supplies.
December 11, 2012 Currie Rose Resources Inc.: significant gold intersection from drilling at Jubilee Reef project, Northern Tanzania Hole JBRRC118 drilled at Masabi Hill, the most advanced prospect at Jubilee Reef intersected 88m @ 1.8g/t Au from 8m including 44m @ 3.1g/t from 24m.
December 10, 2012 Resource nationalism is miners’ number one fear and major threat to global security — report Resource nationalism is one of the main causes of the current commodity prices instability and it is threatening global security, warns London-based Chatham House in its latest report.
December 6, 2012 Global mining sector shows mild improvement as key activity index hits six month peak Aggregate market cap also reaches highest point since April
December 5, 2012 Lucara Diamond Corp. provides operating performance outlook for 2013 By the end of the first year of production Lucara will have sold over 230,000 carats of diamond, including a rare 9.46 carat blue diamond which achieved a record price…
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
