October 17, 2019
Exxaro empowers local municipality with new community hall
Mining company Exxaro introduced the Ga-Nala municipality in Mpumalanga to their brand-new community hall, built by Exxaro, in a formal…
October 16, 2019
Wits bestows Senior Doctorate on icon of mining research
A formidable career’s worth of mining research achievements was recently documented by one of South Africa’s leading academics in his…
October 15, 2019
Angola seen returning to growth in 2020 after four-year slump
Angolan President Joao Lourenco expects Africa’s second-biggest oil producer to return to growth next year as the government accelerates efforts…
October 14, 2019
Zimbabwe targets 11 million carats of diamonds by 2023
Zimbabwe expects to increase diamond production to 11 million carats by 2023 from 3.2 million carats last year, the mines…
October 11, 2019
Clouds lifting yet for SA mining?
South Africa’s mining sector is inching painfully towards better times, progressing beyond the Mining Charter furore to other key areas…
October 11, 2019
President Mnangagwa to headline US$12 billion mineral promise
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will next week Monday lay bare the four year mining sector strategy that is billed to yield…
October 11, 2019
Vast Resources to sign diamonds JV deal in Zimbabwe
London-listed Vast Resources will next week sign an agreement with Zimbabwe’s state diamond mining firm to mine diamonds in the…
October 10, 2019
Tanzania gold export earnings up 25% in year to August
Tanzania’s earnings from gold exports rose 25.1% in the year to August, buoyed by higher output of the precious metal,…
October 7, 2019
ZCDC plans huge diamond output leap
The Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) said on Friday it is aiming to ramp up output to 10 million carats…
October 4, 2019
Zimbabwe accuses U.S. of lying about diamond-mining forced labor
Zimbabwe angrily denounced a U.S. government decision to curb imports of diamonds from its Marange field, branding the claim the…
October 3, 2019
South Africa wants coal price cuts to avert economic crash
South Africa is pushing coal producers to cut prices to help save Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., the indebted power utility…
October 3, 2019
Jobs, foreign revenue generation and energy security need careful consideration in any ‘just transition’ discussions
Speaking during a panel discussion on the topic of the ‘Outlook for Coal Mining and South Africa’s coal sector’, at…
