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Caledonia wants to expand in Zimbabwe

The company is negotiating the possibility of buying the government’s 16 per cent stake in the Blanket project.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 22, 2018 | 10:13 am

South Africa’s Eskom gets workaround to tackle coal shortages

The state-owned utility is seeking coal for seven of its plants that are facing shortages after supply disruptions from Gupta family-controlled mines.

Bloomberg News | April 20, 2018 | 10:52 am

Illegal gold miners invade Grace Mugabe’s farm amid legal dispute

The illegal miners at Smithfield last month told Grace that she no longer had any power to evict them.

Reuters | April 20, 2018 | 9:44 am

Zimbabwe’s parliament orders Mugabe to answer questions over diamonds

Former leader Robert Mugabe will have to answer questions next month about whether the state was deprived of $15 billion in diamond revenue.

Reuters | April 20, 2018 | 7:35 am

Strike halts gold output at two Randgold mines in Mali — union

The strike at the company’s Loulo and Gounkoto mines is related to the payment of bonuses and will continue until the issue is resolved.

Reuters | April 19, 2018 | 7:45 am

De Beers launches Sierra Leone-based pilot to remove ‘conflict diamonds’ from the market

The world’s top diamond miner will train artisanal and small-scale miners and provide them with tablets as well as a diamond “toolkit” to digitally track their stones throughout the supply chain.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 19, 2018 | 6:57 am