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Botswana Diamonds just raised more than $695K to boost exploration

Proceeds from the placing will fund ongoing diamond exploration in South Africa and Botswana, and will also provide the company with additional working capital, the company said.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 14, 2018 | 5:50 am

Mugabe’s fall has veteran miners jockeying for Zimbabwe comeback

Mine development stalled under Mugabe, whose policies led to a collapse in the economy and hyperinflation.

Bloomberg News | February 13, 2018 | 12:13 pm

Gemfields reveals and denies fresh human rights abuse claims in Mozambique

As part of Gemfields' philosophy of “total transparency”, the company revealed is facing claims of human rights abuses in Mozambique, where it mines rubies.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 13, 2018 | 10:01 am

Another death at one of Sibanye-Stillwater gold mines

A worker died on Monday night while clearing a blocked ore pass at the company’s Driefontein gold operation in South Africa.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 13, 2018 | 2:45 am

Embattled Acacia Mining ends painful year with $700-million loss

The miner has also scrapped its 2017 dividend after full-year core earnings fell by more than a third because of a ban on unprocessed mineral exports in Tanzania.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 12, 2018 | 5:17 am

Lucapa recovers first diamonds from Lesotho mine

The largest diamond recovered in the first test run was 6.6 carats.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | February 12, 2018 | 5:00 am

Gold giant Barrick faces grilling after fall to bottom of pack

Even with rising gold prices and a strengthened balance sheet, the world’s largest gold producer left shareholders with the worst returns among its top North American peers last year.

Bloomberg News | February 12, 2018 | 1:08 am