July 18, 2012 Selling gold? Look no further than Khartoum The most deep-pocketed shopper among the 150 or so boutiques in Khartoum’s gold district is the Sudanese central bank.
July 17, 2012 First Quantum suspends operations in Mauritania First Quantum Minerals has announced it has temporarily suspended normal operations at its Guelb Moghrein copper-gold mine in Mauritania due to illegal strike action by some unionized employees.
July 16, 2012 If you think Congo is unstable now watch what happens when you throw oil into the mix New oil reserves could also create new centres of power and in the context of a general oil rush in Central and East Africa, the lack of clearly defined borders,…
July 15, 2012 BHP Billiton exits Guinea Sunday Times reports (paywall) that BHP Billiton, which is shedding its non-core operations, is looking for a buyer for its Mount Nimba iron ore project in Guinea.
July 15, 2012 Zimbabwe PM Party to renegotiate diamond deals with China Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC party says it will renegotiate all transactions agreed upon between the ruling ZANU PF party and foreign investors such as China, particularly on controversial…
July 15, 2012 Meghalaya coal mine collapse: NDRF team returns, no bodies found The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team returned to the city on Friday after no body was found in the three-day rescue operation at the mine collapse site at Nagelbibra…
July 14, 2012 Coal train hits truck in South Africa, 24 dead A coal train ploughed into a farm truck at a level crossing in South Africa on Friday, cutting it in half and killing 24 workers on their way to pick…
July 14, 2012 Summer doldrums With gold, silver, and their miners’ stocks drifting listlessly near correction lows, the sentiment in precious-metals land is even more pessimistic than usual.
July 13, 2012 La Mancha reaches definitive agreement to be acquired by Weather II at a price of $3.50 per share La Mancha Resources announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Weather Investments II to purchase all outstanding common shares of La Mancha by way of a take-over…
July 13, 2012 Ousted Vale CEO back with a bang Brazilian billionaire André Esteves has teamed up with Roger Agnelli, kicked out of iron ore giant Vale by government shareholders last year, to create their own mining company with an…
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
