August 27, 2012 Nobody knows where the $334 million Zimbabwe sold in diamonds last year ended up The boom in Zimbabwe ‘s diamond industry has not translated into improved living standards for ordinary citizens, as proceeds from gems’ sales benefit a few politically connected individuals and finance…
August 27, 2012 South Africa’s gold sector also hit with wage hike demands South Africa's gold mining companies have been hit by union demands for wage hikes but the industry has little room to budge as current collective agreements do not expire until…
August 25, 2012 Families left behind after South Africa’s mining massacre Al Jazeera tracked down some of the grieving family members of the miners who were killed in the Aug. 16 shootings that left 34 dead.
August 25, 2012 Nearly 60% of Lonmin’s workers report to work Troubled platinum miner Lonmin (LON:LMI) said that 57% of its workers turned up for work.
August 23, 2012 Gold Fields to miss production target, reviews portfolio Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI), the fourth-biggest bullion producer, said it will fail to reach its predicted output target of 3.5 million ounces for 2012 and that it is revising its operations…
August 23, 2012 Randgold welcomes political progress in Mali Chief executive Mark Bristow said it was pleasing to see that continued progress was being made in restoring full political stability in a country which had long been an exemplary…
August 23, 2012 Great Quest files NI 43-101 technical report on SEDAR for the Tilemsi phosphate project, Mali The report is based on target areas of Tin Hina and Alfatchafa in Mali. The report validates an Inferred Mineral Resource of 32 million tonnes at a grade of 23.4%…
August 22, 2012 South Africa’s massacre: peeling the onion The shooting dead of striking miners by armed police at Marikana exposes hard truths about post-apartheid South Africa that the country's new elites have preferred to ignore, says Roger Southall.
August 22, 2012 Meet the Israeli middleman said to have ‘stripped and flipped’ First Quantum’s DRC mine Gertler, 38, used his relationship with DRC president Joseph Kabila and Kabila's now late adviser Augustin Katumba Mwanke to bag mining projects "by stripping from others if necessary, only to sell…
August 22, 2012 Lawrence Roulston spots gold juniors with bright futures In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, top market analyst and Resource Opportunities newsletter editor Lawrence Roulston identifies currently undervalued firms from Africa to British Columbia.
Rio Tinto’s fourth-quarter iron ore, copper output beat estimates Despite the comeback performance, Rio Tinto is still in danger of losing the top producer spot to Brazil's Vale. January 20, 2026 | 02:08 pm
