Canadian Allana Potash is in negotiations with the Africa Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) over a possible $600 million financing to develop $1.3 billion tonnes of potash resources in Ethiopia.
Marikana President Jacob Zuma has called on South Africans to unite as a nation as the country mourns the deaths of 34 protestors killed during clashes with police in Marikana, Rustenburg.
African Barrick Gold plc (ABG), one of the largest gold producers in Africa said it expects to increase gold production by about 300,000 ounces a year in the next two years.
Pretoria — Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu says a lack of skills is one of the binding constraints to growth and development in the mining industry. She said the increasing involvement of mining companies in communities will go a long w...
THE government has been advised to provide extensive public education to those living around Uranium mining areas, on the dangers, and benefits of the mineral. Briefing journalists on Wednesday, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy and Minera...
The 54-year-old continued working when diagnosed with early incurable lung disease until he was fired after 30 years, in a story traced on thumb-worn papers in his home off a rutted dirt road in the downtrodden Eastern Cape.
A planned iron ore mine and a steel plant, with the possibility of a new port, envisioned for the Kunene Region is likely to fast-track Namibia's march towards industrialisation. Eastern China Non-Ferrous Metals Investment Holdings announced earlier in the week the discovery of deposits of over 2 billion tonnes of iron ore in Kunene.
Expressing regret that South Africa had sold off its steel-producing state-owned enterprise (SOE), Iscor, Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba said that government may enter the steel production industry through the creation of either a new state-owned company or a public-private partnership as part of a R800 billion ($100 billion) capital expenditure programme.
