May 8, 2012 Potash is a diamond in the rough for the Republic of Congo Australian junior Elemental Minerals (ASX, TSX: ELM), which is developing a potash project in the Republic of Congo, announced it has increased measured and indicated resources at its Kola deposit…
May 8, 2012 Falling output hurts SA gold miners South African gold producers are expected to report lower quarterly earnings with production knocked across the board as output-disrupting safety stoppages continue to sting, a Reuters poll of 7 analysts…
May 8, 2012 Kinross Gold’s Mauritanian desert storm The Tasiast gold mine in the Mauritanian desert was the biggest acquisition in Kinross Gold Corp.’s 19-year existence and one of the biggest takeovers in the history of the gold…
May 7, 2012 China wants to take over the world’s largest undeveloped iron ore project A private group of Chinese magnates is planning to take away Guinea’s Simandou, the world's largest undeveloped iron ore project, from Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto.
May 6, 2012 South Africa mine casualty figures at record low Miningmx.com reports April has seen the lowest number of mining fatalities ever in South Africa, according to figures released by mines minister Susan Shabangu.
May 6, 2012 Asmara copper and zinc project minelife jumps 50% In a new prefeasibility study Sunridge Gold pulled four deposits together into a single mining scenario at its Asmara copper-zinc project in Eritrea for the first time, giving it added…
May 4, 2012 Eritrea’s great gold potential – and copper and silver and zinc The tale of Eritrea's first major miner, Nevsun, which has had mixed fortunes this year and gold explorer, Andiamo Exploration, whose chairman has been a long time believer in the…
May 4, 2012 Petra Diamonds restarts output at Tanzania mine London-based Petra Diamonds has restarted production at its Williamson mine in Tanzania after two years spent rehabilitating the surface area.
May 4, 2012 Volta outlines ‘monumental’ gold mining project for 5m ounce deposit Volta puts the details to its five million ounce Kiaka gold project in a prefeasibility study it released on Thursday.
May 3, 2012 Mali gold mine resuming operations after political strife A few weeks after explorer Pearl Gold officially inaugurated its Kodieran gold mine, in Mali, a delegation comprising the company’s management and supervisory board visited the project to inspect the…
Angola’s Endiama seeks to raise diamond output further after 2024 record Endiama's 2024 output made Angola the world's third-largest producer of rough diamonds by volume, behind Russia and Botswana. February 10, 2026 | 07:13 am
