Cerro Vanguardia mine, Argentina

An openpit mine situated in Argentina.

Explorer sues Ontario govt over community dispute

TSX Venture Exchange-listed Platinex is claiming C$70-million in damages, plus interest and costs, from the provincial government of Ontario, Canada, after the company has been unable to access mining concessions awarded to it by the government....

State

Tenders work arising doe to state contracts

Katanga enforces cobalt concentrate export ban

Democratic Republic of Congo's mineral-rich Katanga province is enforcing a suspension of cobalt concentrate exports, the provincial governor said on Friday. "No one is getting through now," governor Moise Katumbi told Reuters. He...

State

Tenders arising due to state contracts

R100m jewellery factory to be opened in Kimberley

The world's renowned city of diamonds, Kimberley, is to open a factory worth R100-million to manufacture gold jewellery. "This initiative will focus on mass chain production for the export market - specifically the United States,"...

State

Tender work arising due to state contracts

Company Announcement: NovaGold and Teck Cominco Finalize Galore Creek Partnership

Vancouver, British Columbia today announced that effective August 1, 2007, NovaGold and Teck Cominco Limited have established the Galore Creek Partnership to develop the Galore Creek mine, as announced on May 23, 2007.

First heap-leach pad set for fourth quarter commissioning

South African gold producer Simmer & Jack Mines (Simmers) head of technical Graham Wanblad says that the company expects the construction of the first test heap-leach pad, which extract low-grade gold, in Mpumalanga, to be commissioned in the...

Anglo Platinum building schools, computer centre, learning labs

The infrastructural development projects that form part of Anglo Platinum’s socioeconomic development (SED) strategy for 2007 are currently in the planning stages and are due to be completed by December.

Platinum prospect awakens developmental mindset within Bakubung community

From margin to mainstream – this is what the hitherto little known, and small, Bakubung-Ba-Ratheo community is now experiencing, thanks to its involvement with Wesizwe Platinum in the exploration and, hopefully, development and exploitation...

Platinum prospect awakens developmental mindset within Bakubung community

From margin to mainstream – this is what the hitherto little known, and small, Bakubung-Ba-Ratheo community is now experiencing, thanks to its involvement with Wesizwe Platinum in the exploration and, hopefully, development and exploitation...