June 19, 2012 Fatalities at Gem Diamonds’ Botswana mine delays production until 2014 Gem Diamonds said initial production at its Ghaghoo underground mine project in Botswana would be delayed until the first half of 2014 after an accident yesterday resulted in the death…
June 19, 2012 Maya Gold & Silver announces non-brokered private placement CAD 7.5M and CAD 8.0M debt financing to re-start Zgounder silver mine in Morocco Maya Gold and Silver intends to gross proceeds of up to $7.5 million through the sale of 30,000,000 common shares.
June 19, 2012 SEMAFO discovers new mineralized horizon at Samira Hill in Niger The Tondé Boubangou Horizon is located 20 kilometers north of the Samira Hill processing plant and has been traced over a distance of 10 kilometers.
June 19, 2012 Merrex provides Siribaya gold project exploration update After announcing plans for the gold project in Mali, Merrex share price rose 18%
June 18, 2012 No one buys Congo’s mining assets on the cheap: Government The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ministry of Mines went on the defensive on Monday about allegedly granting mining licenses to companies with close connections to the government. It qualified those…
June 17, 2012 End of the supercycle is also spelling the end of radical resource nationalism "Natural resources companies with a pipeline of, say, five projects in five different countries are now likely to build just two or three of those. Thus, executives have the power…
June 17, 2012 African ore warning for Rio, BHP BHP Billiton's assertion that West Africa was unlikely to emerge as a key source of the world's iron ore has been challenged by a London-based investment bank behind a number…
June 16, 2012 Mozambique, Ncondezi Coal sign framework agreement for 4.7 billion ton coal project Exploration and development company Ncondezi Coal has signed a framework agreement with Mozambique’s Ministry of Mineral Resources for its 4.7-billion-ton Joint Ore Reserves Committee-compliant Ncondezi coal project, in the Tete…
June 15, 2012 Chrome ore China tariff threat to South Africa’s platinum producers A vital revenue stream for platinum miners — chrome ore — may be choked off if ferrochrome producers are successful in lobbying for a protectionist export tariff of $100/ton in…
June 14, 2012 Kenya invites bids for two coal blocks Kenya has invited investors to bid for the exploration and development of two coal blocks in the country's eastern region, the energy ministry said.
New York copper price surges again, Shanghai sets record Copper jumped by more than 5% to the highest level since the short squeeze in July. December 26, 2025 | 12:18 pm
