Commodities analyst to shed light on current state of copper market

Standard Corporate and Investment Bank head of commodity research Walter de Wet will be providing insight into the current declining copper prices at this year’s Investing in African Mining Indaba at the Cape Town Convention Centre.

Daphne Mashile-Nkosi

Position: Executive chairperson Kalagadi Manganese and Kalahari Resources (also non-executive chairperson of JSE-listed Pinnacle Holdings, Women’s Investment Bank) Main activity of company: Manganese mining, sintering and smelting Date and...

Company Announcement: IDC Concludes EUR 60M Loan With European Investment Bank

Attached please find a press release on: The Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited (IDC) has received a EUR 60 million credit line from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to finance private sector small and medium sized...

Retreating tailings no longer economic as diamond prices halve - DiamondCorp

The retreatment of diamond tailings at South Africa's new Lace diamond mine was rendered uneconomic when the prices the mine was receiving for its diamonds fell by 50% in the last quarter of 2008, DiamondCorp CEO Paul Loudon said on Tuesday....

23/01/2009 (On-The-Air)

In this broadcast: The fast pace at which US President Barack Obama is moving holds real lessons for South Africa; Europe ploughing a half a billion rands into a new solar-power plant in South Africa; the Danish government is hosting a major...

Daily podcast – November 13, 2008

In today's podcast: Simmer & Jack Mines widens its interim loss; and the European Islamic Investment Bank has boosted its stake in South African diamond-miner DiamondCorp.

EIIB ups stake in DiamondCorp to 26,7%

The European Islamic Investment Bank (EIIB) has boosted its stake in South African diamond-miner DiamondCorp from 9,37% to 26,7%. The EIIB has become DiamondCorp’s largest shareholder, with the acquisition of 6,72-million shares from a number...

Ambatovy nickel project, Madagascar

The project will consist of an openpit mining operation and an ore preparation plant at the mine site.

Moma titanium minerals project, Mozambique

The Moma mine will be built on the coast of the northern province of Nampula, where heavy sands contain world-class deposits of titanium minerals.

Albidon secures $60m finance facility for Zambian nickel project

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Barclays Capital (Barclays) would act as joint lead arrangers to provide a $60-million financing facility for nickel exploration and development firm Albidon, which would completed the financing requirements...

Ambatovy nickel project, Madagascar

The project will consist of an openpit mining operation and an ore preparation plant at the mine site.

Goedgevonden project, Mpumalanga

A new black-controlled coal company, Arm Coal, is to build a coal-processing and product-handling facility in Mpumalanga that will include the construction of a 12-million-ton-a-year opencast mine.