AFRICA

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AT STAKE

Kumba unearths unknown "third party"

Wednesday , 17 Mar 2010
One of the world's craziest, and most lucrative, contracts, may go gratis to a "black economic empowerment" entity.
MINE ACCIDENT

African Barrick Gold halts production at Tanzanian mine after accident

Wednesday , 17 Mar 2010
The group is working to rescue miners trapped by a fall of ground at its Bulyanhulu mine
KOLWEZI TAILINGS

First Quantum in $12bn court farce

Tuesday , 16 Mar 2010
In a sad war of attrition, touching on insanity, the USD 787m Kolwezi tailings project is despoiled further, this time by a Congolese jungle court.
COPPER, GOLD, GOING FOR NICKEL

First Quantum raises the bar

Tuesday , 16 Mar 2010
Record copper and gold production, as the group continues to expand, also outside Africa, and into serious nickel production from 2012.
GEM DIAMONDS

Another diamond digger survives 2009

Tuesday , 16 Mar 2010
Just 700 big sparklers from Lesotho's Letšeng accounted for 78% of Gem Diamond's USD 244m revenues in 2009.
PRODUCTION UP 53% IN TEN YEARS

West African gold achieving increasing global significance

Tuesday , 16 Mar 2010
In a few years the region could well be challenging for second place in the producer stakes
GOLD UPDATE

Further currency woes bode well for gold

Tuesday , 16 Mar 2010
The yellow metal is relooking at all time highs in euros but, continues to track largely sideways in dollar terms
MORE STILL NEEDED

Improving rough diamond prices see Diamondcorp make successful capital raising

Monday , 15 Mar 2010
Diamond junior Diamondcorp has successfully raised £7.1 million from its shareholders with the greater part to be used to advance the historic Lace diamond mine project.
SA FALLS AGAIN

South Africa now only world's No.4 gold miner

Monday , 15 Mar 2010
For many years the world's largest gold producer by far has fallen to No'4 in the global gold production league.
SIMMER & JACK SUPPORTS RECAPITALISATION

First Uranium seeks C$150m cash

Friday , 12 Mar 2010
Beleagured uranium-gold producer returns from deathwatch as CEO Gordon Miller quietly slips off the board of directors.
STRIKE ACTION

Union suspends strike at world's top bauxite miner

Friday , 12 Mar 2010
The union at Guinea's CBG suspended the strike ahead of next weeks negotiations
COMMENTARY

Special report: Are the days of "big gold" over?

Thursday , 11 Mar 2010
As cash pressures mount, gold majors move to mine the markets, which are proving more lucrative than the mining of gold.
FULL YEAR NUMBERS

Uranium One announces $36.5m net loss for full year 2009

Thursday , 11 Mar 2010
But, the group says it expects to nearly double production in 2010
ANY INVESTMENT MUST BENEFIT SA

China showing strong interest in SA mines - SA mines minister

Thursday , 11 Mar 2010
South Africa's mines minister, Susan Shabangu, also reiterated to investors that there are no plans to nationalize the country's mines.
MINE ACCIDENT

Harmony halts Evander ops after death

Wednesday , 10 Mar 2010
A worker was killed in a rockfall at the South African gold miner's Evander No. 8 shaft; the group says it is nclear when output will resume
HOTAZEL TURNKEY PROJECT

Outotec to supply Euro 119 M manganese sinter plant

Wednesday , 10 Mar 2010
Finnish metallurgical and mineral processing giant, Outotec, has been commissioned to build a sinter plant for Kalagadi Manganese in South Africa
AFRICAN GOLD

Randgold, Iamgold to help boost West African gold production by 30% - GFMS

Wednesday , 10 Mar 2010
Gold production in the region is expected to rise by about 2m oz per year until 2013
SECURITY OF SUPPLY

Indian hunt for South Africa's junior coal miners heats up

Tuesday , 09 Mar 2010
Indian steam coal end-users are looking to secure supply but are finding attractive assets scarce
A GLANCE AT 36 STOCKS THAT BENEFIT

Coking coal: back on proverbial fire

Monday , 08 Mar 2010
Lucky stocks with exposures on the rip as contract negotiations said to see prices up 55% to USD 200 a tonne.
GOLD UPDATE

Gold: setting up for its next move to the upside?

Monday , 08 Mar 2010
Expansionary monetary policies, exploding national debt and global currency devaluations, are creating a very favorable scenario for the price of gold.
WORLD'S HOTTEST 100 MINING STOCKS

The fortunes of iron ore and its many good bedmates

Thursday , 04 Mar 2010
The broad, heavy, heave continues towards integrated steelmakers, and upstream to iron ore, coking coal, manganese, nickel, and even molybdenum and cobalt.
BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Will the real Yamana Gold please stand up?

Thursday , 04 Mar 2010
Founded in 2003, Yamana does everything to ignore its blessing of copper, a wonderful cash-generating metal, with demonstrable uses.
THE IDES OF MARCH STEEL

ArcelorMittal SA limps back into action

Wednesday , 03 Mar 2010
Kumba Iron Ore retains the high moral, and financial, ground, in a grinding showdown.
AGONIES OF GOLD INVESTING

The song, dance, bad fever, of gold stocks

Wednesday , 03 Mar 2010
That Barrick name popped up, amid the aroma of a three Windhoek draughts, Africa's finest lager.
REGULATIONS PUBLISHED PREMATURELY

Zimbabwe says it is reviewing foreign ownership rules

Wednesday , 03 Mar 2010
A cabinet minister said Wednesday the government was reviewing the rules forcing foreign fims to sell a majority stake in the company to locals
DIAMOND MINING

Zimbabwe says it has produced 2m carats of diamonds so far this year

Tuesday , 02 Mar 2010
The announcement from the country comes the day after an international monitor arrived to review the mining operations at the controversial Marange fields
STRIKE ACTION

NUM drops Gold Fields strike threat

Tuesday , 02 Mar 2010
The Union agreed to cancel the strike after coming to an agreement with the gold digger
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