Ivanhoe expedites construction at Platreef mine

Stock closed 12.2% higher at 64.80p, after it had fallen on Tuesday to its lowest since late 2015.

Vehicles were carrying fuel to the company's Inata gold mine.

“If we don’t do anything we will continually be disappointed and the industry will slowly dig itself into a hole of irrelevance and oblivion.”

London-based Graff Diamonds paid nearly $47,777 per carat

The Sierra Leone-focused miner has found gold of almost "bonanza grade" at the Ferensola gold project in the Sula Mountains of Sierra Leone.

The Canadian miner said measure was taken after violent groups blocked main road to the mine, which has prevented essentials from reaching the operation.

New laws and a crackdown on mining firms in Tanzania has slowed fresh investment in what has long been seen as one of Africa's brightest mining prospects

Stellar Diamonds plc, the London listed diamond development company focused on West Africa, announces that it has paid US$150,240 to the Sierra Leone Environmental Agency for the Tongo Environmental Licence.

Public prosecutor for the state of Minas Gerais, where the iron ore mine is located, ordered the company to reschedule two public meetings as it had failed to inform of it to all communities potentially affected by the planned expansion.