July 22, 2012 Deadly downside to Nigeria gold rush: video Al Jazeera is reporting that more than 400 children have died from lead poisoning in the past two years in the Zamfara State of Nigeria as a result of artisanal…
July 21, 2012 Congo probe into mining companies’ disappearing tax payments The Democratic Republic of the Congo's new prime minister has ordered an investigation into the nation's mining industry after a damning report by an international watchdog found tens of millions…
July 20, 2012 New gold mining technology to boost South African miners efficiency A new method of underground gold mining, being tested by AngloGold Ashanti, is filling headlines in the country, as the method has the potential to reverse the decline in South…
July 20, 2012 CoAL will need more capital to get Makhado project running, analyst says Coal of Africa (CoAL) will require more capital to fund its Makhado coking coal project in South Africa’s Limpopo province, even after securing around $60 million of new debt and…
July 20, 2012 Major Anglo American reshuffle as Amplats CEO walks away Neville Nicolau, the head of Anglo American’s platinum business is leaving the company, after the South African unit warned its earnings per share for the first half could drop as…
July 20, 2012 De Beers’ profit down 53%; Venetia expansion still going ahead Profit for De Beers, the world's number two diamond producer after Russia's Alrosa, is down 53% for the first half of 2012 affected by worries over consumer demand and shortage…
July 19, 2012 Equity financings for gold companies hit four-year low Halifax-based Metals Economics Group (MEG) published Thursday its Pipeline Activity Index (PAI), which shows equity financing conditions continue to take their toll, as gold companies were able to raise only…
July 19, 2012 China Mining United to launch potential $2 billion equity fund for Africa mining deals China Mining United Fund plans to establish a collaborative China/Africa equity fund to pursue minority stakes in gold, iron-ore and metal companies in Africa and other parts of the world,…
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.
South32 posts nearly 17% jump in quarterly manganese output The world's biggest manganese producer produced 1.3 million wet metric tons of the steel additive for the December quarter. January 21, 2026 | 02:06 pm
