Will South Africa nationalize its gold and platinum mines?

The possibility of possible nationalization of South Africa’s key mining sector rumbles on. Is this likely to happen? Julian Phillips looks at […]

mineweb - daily news headlines | October 7, 2010 | 11:15 am

MDM awarded Kinsenda copper project BFS in the DRC

Potentially one of the DRC Copperbelt’s richest copper mines, Kinsenda is the subject of a Bankable Feasibility Study commissioned by Metorex and […]

mineweb - daily news headlines | October 7, 2010 | 11:14 am

Perilya announces binding pre-bid agreement to take over Globestar Mining

The all-cash offer values the Canadian listed miner, which among others holds the Cerro de Maimón copper-gold-silver project in the Dominican Republic […]

mineweb - daily news headlines | October 7, 2010 | 11:10 am

Strong 3-6 months for nickel, then supply growth to hit; iron ore outlook positive

While the nickel market looks firm in the near term, Macquarie analysts report that longer term supply growth could impact prices. Iron […]

mineweb - daily news headlines | October 4, 2010 | 2:58 pm

Severstal to buy Sacre-Coeur Minerals for C$65m

The Russian miner is hoping to boost its mining operations in Guyana, offering to buy the shares it doesn’t already own for […]

mineweb - daily news headlines | September 23, 2010 | 10:09 am

Gold Fields CEO says Philippines “definitely opening up” to major mining companies

As Gold Fields announced this week it would invest $120 million to determine if the company should acquire a 60% interest in […]

mineweb - daily news headlines | September 23, 2010 | 10:08 am

Potash Corp Sues BHP Billiton, hopes to block bid

In an attempt to block BHP’s $39bn hostile bid, Potash Corp filed a lawsuit in Chicago alleging that BHP misrepresented and failed […]

mineweb - daily news headlines | September 23, 2010 | 10:07 am

Coal of Africa shares rise on farm swap approval

The group said, Monday its farm swap agreement with Rio Tinto has been approved by the South African government

mineweb - daily news headlines | September 13, 2010 | 8:06 am

Pan African Resources to explore additional deals

With a 91% jump in group profits in the last three years, Pan African Resources CEO, Jan Nelson has reason to be […]

mineweb - daily news headlines | September 8, 2010 | 10:05 am

Ivanhoe to process first ore from Oyu Tolgoi by Q4 2012

Ivanhoe Mines (IVN.TO: Quote) expects to process the first ore from its flagship Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in Mongolia in the fourth quarter […]

mineweb - daily news headlines | September 8, 2010 | 10:04 am

SA Mines minister launches “major overhaul” of law

Susan Shabangu, announced a major overhaul of South Africa's mining legislation, Tuesday and added ICT and Lonmin matter to be taken to the cabinet.

mineweb - daily news headlines | August 17, 2010 | 5:24 am

The fate of Australia’s mine tax rests on election outcome

Current Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she will bring in a 30% tax, her opponent claims he will dump the tax. But, the election is on a knife edge and other scenarios could play themselves out

mineweb - daily news headlines | August 17, 2010 | 4:52 am

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