Company Announcement: Apollo secures Kango North Iron Project in West Africa

The Board of Apollo Minerals is pleased to announce that the Company has acquired a 70% interest in a newly granted mineral exploration licence in coastal Gabon, Central West Africa.

West Africa emerging as the new Pilbara – West African Minerals

West Africa is emerging as the next significant iron-ore province after Australia’s rich Pilbara and is attracting the attention of global majors and the Chinese, says the London-Aim-listed West African Minerals. Major diversified miners are...

First drilling results prove high-grade 
iron-ore at Central African tenement

Africa-focused iron-ore explorer Waratah Resources has updated its drilling programme and confirmed the presence of high-grade ore at its Youkou and Mekambo-Est iron-ore project, bordering the Republic of Gabon and the Republic of Congo.

New Ngqura manganese terminal to lift capacity, says Transnet unit

South African port operator Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) has again confirmed that it will relocate the current export manganese facility from Port Elizabeth to a new two-berth facility at the Port of Ngqura by 2015/16, which it says will also...

BHP, Gabon close to finalising manganese agreement – Minister

Diversified miner BHP Billiton could soon finalise a mining convention with the government of Gabon for the development of a manganese operation, Mines Minister Regis Immongault said on Tuesday. He told Mining Weekly Online that government...

Chinese group to pay $80m-plus for Chalice's Eritrean gold project

Toronto- and Australia-listed Chalice Gold late on Tuesday said it agreed to sell its 60% stake in the Zara gold project in Eritrea to China SFECO Group, a subsidiary of Shanghai Construction Group, for as much as $100-million. The deal is...

UN council waters down Eritrea sanctions resolution

A resolution tightening sanctions on Eritrea, expected to be passed by the UN Security Council next week, has been watered down and no longer bans investment in the country's promising mining sector. In an unusual arrangement, Eritrean President...

Russia’s Renova mulling uplift of South African manganese business

The Russian Renova group is considering enhancement of its South African manganese operations, involving the possible integration of its Transalloys manganese smelter in Mpumalanga and its partly owned manganese mine in the Kalahari. It is...

Nevsun names former Silver Wheaton VP Bourchier COO

Nevsun Resources, which operates the Bisha gold mine in Eritrea, on Thursday appointed Frazer Bourchier as COO. Bouchier, an engineer, will have oversite of the mine, and will also help Nevsun’s management to seek out acquisitions of producing...

Company Announcement: Sasol Eco Industrial Park launched to promote greener businesses

Sasol’s enterprise development vehicle, Sasol ChemCity, together with the executive mayor of the Metsimaholo municipality and other key role-players, today launched phase one of their Eco Industrial Park in Sasolburg.

Nevsun not fretting over Eritrea sanction threats

Nevsun Resources, the Eritrea-focused gold miner that dropped 17% on Wednesday on fears proposed sanctions for the Horn of Africa state would harm its business, said this week the move would not likely be successful and would “starve the people...

Brazilian group soon to approve phase two of coal project

Brazilian diversified mining group Vale, the world’s second biggest miner in terms of market capitalisation, is close to approving the second phase of its Moatize coal project in Mozambique. “We are in the final steps of the approval of the...