September 10, 2012 Riverstone intersects 2.39 g/t gold over 24 meters atKao The company reports on results from seventeen diamond drill holes on the Kao Deposit, which forms part of the company's flagship Karma Gold Project in Burkina Faso, West Africa.
September 9, 2012 South African police brace as Lonmin workers set to return on Monday South African police are braced for possible violence ahead of Monday's back-to-work deadline for striking workers at Lonmin's flagship platinum mine, where 44 people died in labour strife last month,…
September 8, 2012 Strike costs Lonmin $95 million so far Analysts estimate that the wage increase, if enacted, would wipe out the company's already thin margins.
September 8, 2012 Xstrata scoffs at new Glencore offer as merger of equals becomes hostile takeover The new Glencore offer is "significantly lower than would be expected in a takeover" and the intention to replace Mick Davis represented “a significant risk” says Xstrata's board.
September 6, 2012 Partial truce reached at South Africa’s Lonmin mine Platinum miner Lonmin's (LON:JSE) has signed an agreement to end a nearly four-week platinum-mine strike and return to Marikana mine by Monday, but key parties didn't participate, undermining the government-backed…
September 6, 2012 South Africa’s economic outlook darkens over mining turmoil The South African economy has struggled over the past few weeks as reports of unrest in the country’s mines drove down the equities of most local miners.
September 6, 2012 Gold production in Africa up almost 10% in 2011 But South Africa's output continues to fall says the Economics Group’s.
September 5, 2012 South Africa’s mining troubles get anime treatment Taiwanese news animators, Next Media Animation, produced a video showing the unfolding platinum troubles in South Africa.
September 5, 2012 Namakwa Diamonds names new executives London-based Namakwa Diamonds is undergoing a re-organization.
September 5, 2012 Four shot as South African mining strife spreads Four protestors have been shot and hospitalized as a wave of deadly strikes afflicting South Africa's platinum and gold mining sectors continues to spread.
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
