Bogoso/Prestea mine, Ghana

An openpit mine situated in Ghana.

Mozambique coal exports set for 2010 kickoff

Coal exports from Mozambique were all set for kick-off in 2010, the Cape Town coal conference heard on Thursday. Riversdale Mining CFO Steve Thomas told McCloskey's coal exports meeting that his ASX-listed emerging mid-tier entity would, at full...

SA’s Peter Leon selected to chair IBA mining law committee

Law firm Webber Wentzel on Monday announced that the head of its mining and regulatory practice group, Peter Leon, had been elected as the chairperson of the mining law committee of the International Bar Association (IBA). The appointment would...

IFC injects $5m into Mozambique iron-ore project

An iron-ore exploration project owned by Australian junior miner, Baobab Resources, in the Tete province of Mozambique, has been given a $5-million boost that would sustain the miner's local workforce during the global financial crisis. The...

Enlarged African footprint for diversified mining group

International mining group Rio Tinto, one of the world’s largest diversified miners, is decisively increasing its presence in Africa through a series of operational expansions, acquisitions and exploration activities on the continent.

IFC exercises final option, buys $15m worth of Lonmin shares

The private-sector arm of the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), will exercise the final tranche of an option to buy shares in platinum-miner Lonmin. The IFC will buy 1,17-million new Lonmin shares, at 8 308p apiece. The...

‘Great era of opportunity' for ‘still-growing' Africa - Anglo American

The present was a "great era of opportunity" for the "still-growing" Africa to "rise and shine", Anglo American South Africa head Kuseni Dlamini said on Wednesday. Kuseni told the Africa Investment Forum 2008 in Johannesburg that the continent...

US housing sector weakness hits pigment sector – Rio Tinto

The weakness in the US housing sector had impacted on the pigment sector to which the company supplied titanium oxide, Rio Tinto CEO Tom Albanese said on Sunday. Albanese told journalists visiting the Rio Tinto-QMM minerals sands operation in...

Daily podcast – October 7, 2008

In today's podcast: the Gauteng Provincial Legislature is set to elect the African National Congress chairman in the province, Paul Mashatile, as its new premier, the financial crisis in developed economies threatens to slash capital investment...

Daily podcast – September 15, 2008

In today's podcast: the World Bank, Sweden and Japan will jointly finance Zambia's $100-million power upgrades and expansion projects, aviation group 1time has agreed to buy a 77,5% stake in Safair Technical and, Impala Platinum is in discussions...

China stirs the DRC financing pot

There has been no lack of attention for the recent $9-billion mining and infrastructure deal struck on April 22 between stakeholders from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the People’s Republic of China. The agreement has raised...

Illegal Congolese miners being abused in Angola – NGO

There is growing concern that illegal Congolese migrants working on illicit diamond operations in Angola are being subjected to illicit diamond operations in Angola.