June 10, 2012

SA coal juniors should focus on local market – analyst

Junior coal miners need to shift attention to domestic market, cash in on drop in export prices, says commodities analyst.

June 10, 2012

Sierra Leone fortunes change as diamond trade brings back investment

Returning multinationals create mining boom in once-war ravaged country synonymous with brutality and child soldiers Lying in Sierra Leone's mineral-rich eastern belt, the Koidu Holdings diamond mine and others like…

June 10, 2012

U.S. rough diamond trade hurts in April

Large double-digit declines in the value of rough diamond trade by the U.S. in April. Rough diamond imports of $29.7 million fell 24.7 percent year on year.

June 10, 2012

The world needs gold to prevent people who run fiat currencies from doing anything too stupid – King

The world still needs gold and other natural resources, but we may need a new investment model to sustain them, says Byron King who also shares his perspective on mining…

June 8, 2012

South Africa’s diamond industry no longer sparkling

The South African diamond industry faces serious challenges upstream and downstream, where job creation, wealth creation and the beneficiation of raw diamonds are not concerns for regulatory authorities, says diamond…

June 7, 2012

Gold and GemStone Mining Inc. announces gold and diamond prospecting results for first Sierra Leone mining concession in the Nimikoro Chiefdom, Kono District

Results outline an average yield of 56 carats per hundred tonne of hi-grade diamonds and an equally impressive showing of 62 grams of gold per hundred tonne.

June 7, 2012

Cluff Gold PLC Q1 2012 results

The West African focused gold mining company announces 15% increase income.

June 7, 2012

Giyani Gold announces Mr. Mark Frewin joining the board of directors

Mark Frewin, a partner at the law firm of McCarthy Tétrault, has participated in financings for mining, oil and gas companies, and has extensive experience advising clients on the formation,…

June 7, 2012

10-year review critiques the mining industry’s sustainability

The IIED report urges the sector to move from improving its standards in principle to actually implementing them in practice.

June 6, 2012

Is the table set for a mania in precious metals?

It may feel like I'm out of touch with the precious metals markets to broach the subject of a mania today, but I think the table is being set now…