East Africa to join world gas giants

To East Africa's assets of spectacular wildlife, abundant land and shimmering beaches you can now add gas - so much gas it could transform global energy flows along with some of the world's poorest countries. Finds announced just last week off...

Kwale mineral sands project, Kenya

Over its 13-year mine life the project is expected to produce some 4.7-million tons of product.

Kwale mineral sands project, Kenya

Base Resources has reported that it is in the process of securing further offtake parties for its Kwale product.

Giant Vale ship unloads maiden iron ore cargo in China

China has received the first of Vale's giant iron ore vessels, industry sources said on Wednesday, a major breakthrough for the Brazilian miner after months of uncertainty over the fleet's access to the world's top steelmaker. Top iron ore...

Implementation of Shire–Zambezi project to start in 2012?

The African Development Bank (AfDB), the financier of the implementation of a comprehensive feasibility study into the Shire–Zambezi waterway project, says the project's cooperating countries have agreed on a number of actions that will make it...

Kwale mineral sands project, Kenya

Base Resources has executed the $170-million debt facility agreement for the Kwale project.

Richards Bay Minerals, South Africa

A dredge mining operation situated in KwaZulu-Natal.

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.

New coal mine open in Mozambique

Brazil-based mining company Vale has opened a $1.7-billion coal mine in Mozambique, which will tap into the Southern African country's thermal and coking coal reserves of about 23-billion tons, reports advisory and consultancy services company...

Kwale mineral sands project, Kenya

A recent enhanced definitive feasibility study at Kwale has indicated that it could operate for 13 years.

Berkeley buys Kabwe lead and zinc tailings in Zambia

Aim-listed Berkeley Mineral Resources (BMR) has acquired Enviro Mining, which owns the remaining stockpiles of lead and zinc tailings at the Kabwe mine, in Zambia. The miner on Monday reported that it acquired Enviro Mining from NLL Minerals for...

Company Announcement: Nitrogen Absorption Underpins The Indian Ocean’s Key Climate Role, Say Circumnavigation Scientists

Attached please find a press release on: The Indian Ocean has the ability to absorb three times as much atmospheric nitrogen as the Atlantic Ocean does and, as a result, can play a crucial climate role as a huge, offshore carbon sink.