Morocco office to enable ground-level support

International legal practice Norton Rose Group is confident that its fifth African office opened in Casablanca, Morocco in October last year, will strengthen its African footprint.

Top-ranking companies to give main stage presentations

Tanzania’s largest gold miner African Barrick Gold (ABG), exploration company Extract Resources and copper producer Anvil Mining are expected to participate in the main stage presentations at this year’s Investment in African Mining Indaba.

Anvil warns on Minmetals deal, miners may face Eritrea ban and Zambia eyes mining reforms in the Africa Mining Roundup

The October roundup covers details on the emergence of a potential threat to the acquisition of Anvil Mining by China’s Minmetals Resources; the United Nations Security Council's consideration of a draft resolution that could see mining...

Africa rich with mineral resources, projects prosper

Africa is a source of various mineral resources, most of which have yet to be exploited. As a result, the continent has attracted the attention of international mining companies that seek to take advantage of this abundant wealth.

FIRB gives nod to Minmetals bid for Anvil

The Australian Foreign Investment Review Board has approved China’s Minmetals Resources’ bid for ASX- and TSX-listed Anvil Mining. In September, Anvil announced a friendly C$8-a-share takeover offer from Minmetals, valuing the copper producer...

Trafigura to sell, Anvil to wrap up strategic review this year

Democratic Republic of Congo copper producer Anvil Mining on Friday said 39% shareholder Trafigura wanted to sell its stake, putting to rest earlier speculation that trading house was planning a takeover. The move sparked a strategic review of...

Anvil starts copper cathode production at DRC SX/EW plant

TSX- and ASX-listed Anvil Mining has produced its first copper cathodes at the Kinsevere stage two solvent extraction and electrowinning (SX-EW) mine, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The miner said in a statement that 36 t of copper...

Anvil to commission SX/EW plant in Q2 2011, eyes DRC consolidation

TSX- and ASX-listed Anvil Mining now expects to start up the new solvent extraction electrowinning (SX-EW) plant at its Kinsevere copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the second quarter of next year, CEO Bill Turner said on Monday....

The mining industry has a PR problem

Mining companies based in the US and Canada find themselves in a strange situation. With demand for commodities from China and India still red-hot, and as the rest of the world begins to clamber back from the Great Recession, most producers are...

Africo leaps on DRC contract deal

TSX-listed Africo Resources, which is building a copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has reached an agreement with the country's government on amendments to the mining contract for the firm's Kalakundi project, it announced on...

Project delays, mine shutdowns and cutbacks

A chronological summary of project delays, mine shutdowns and production cutbacks announced by miners around the world in response the falling metals prices and tightening financial markets. Begins July 2008.

Freeport expects DRC contract resolution in 'relatively near future'

US copper, gold and molybdenum producer Freeport-McMoRan continues to hold talks with the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo regarding the mining contract for its large Tenke Fungurume mine in the country, and expects that an agreement...