July 13, 2012 South Africa’s top mining execs push for higher safety standards South Africa’s Chamber of Mines said Friday it will set up a special CEO “elimination of fatalities team” in an effort to bring down the number of deaths at the…
July 13, 2012 Nobody can stop South Africa’s gold output collapse South Africa's gold output continues to fall, dropping a further 2.9% in May. The last time the country's mines produced this little, the nation was still ruled by the Queen…
July 12, 2012 Second day of heavy losses has Semafo investors reeling The Montreal-based company, down 21% following a dive of 17% on Wednesday, were deemed by investors to have overpromised and underdelivered on its exploration results.
July 12, 2012 UPDATED-Seven killed after plane chartered by Kinross Gold crashes in Mauritania Seven people were killed Thursday when a military plane chartered by Canada's Kinross Gold Corp. crashed during takeoff in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott, an army source told AFP.
July 12, 2012 Roxgold Inc. issues statement on dissident action Just three days prior to the general meeting of shareholders of Roxgold and only one day before the deadline for submitting proxies, a dissident shareholder, announced that he intends to…
July 11, 2012 Ethiopian Potash Corp. announces agreement to exercise G & B option early and appoints financial advisor The company plans to exercise its option to acquire G & B Central African Resources and appoints a new financial advisor.
July 11, 2012 Botswana’s diamond exports almost double According to preliminary data released by the Bank of Botswana (BoB) on Monday, Botswana's May diamond exports were nearly 20% down from May 2011, a time when a global diamond…
July 11, 2012 Castle Peak Reports 9.8m of 6.8 g/t Au, Including 1.0m of 51.8 g/t Au From Apankrah Target The report highlights findings of 9.8m of 6.8 g/t Au, including 1.0m of 51.8 g/t Au from the company's Akorade project.
July 11, 2012 SEMAFO’s mineral reserves and resources increase to 7.3 million gold ounces Wona-Kona Super Pit Contains 1.7 Million Ounces in ReservesMana Measured and Indicated Resources Up 148% to 2.8 Million Ounces
July 11, 2012 Xstrata-Glencore merger to be decided Sep 7 Giant miner Xstrata has set Sep. 7 as the day for its shareholders to vote on the $26 billion takeover by Glencore, giving the commodities trader six weeks to reach…
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
