Buffalo not halting operations in South Africa

Decision comes three years after the country’s gems were found to be funding armed groups in an inter-religious conflict and placed under embargo.

Most analysts believe the commodities market has turned a corner and that prices are unlikely to return to lows seen in the past year.

Confidence about a prospective gold mine in Mali got a significant boost, after the company behind the project raised US$67 million to go toward construction.

Scientists say the high manufacturing quality of the blade in comparison with other simple-shaped artefacts suggests a significant mastery of iron working in the Egyptian boy king's time.

They will dispute the country's High Court decision last month to allow a class action suit seeking damages for up to half a million miners who contracted silicosis and tuberculosis.

$11 million regional drilling program defining Bisha camp in east Africa as a world-class multi-deposit volcanogenic massive sulphide district.

CHARTS: Down 26% in a month the forward curve now points to the low $30s.

It’s only when something crazy happens that we normal folk start to take notice, which has given mining something of a reputation with most people.

The West Africa-focused firm said it was verbally informed of the approval by the country's Minerals Advisory Board.