AngloGold’s last South African mine luring potential buyers

The government wants to consolidate the diamond mining companies currently operating in Marange from six down to two or possibly one.

Australia's Orbis Gold upgrades Natougou project's indicated resources 500% for total 2m ounces at 5.1g/t.

Smaller firms with lower overheads and more leeway to restructure operations have already picked up $912m of assets hacked off by top gold producers.

The quake is the largest in the southern Africa region since a 7.0 tremor hit Zimbabwe in 2006.

AIM-listed African Potash Ltd Tuesday said that it has begun drilling at its Lac Dinga Potash Project in the Republic of Congo.

The European Investment Bank will not make public the findings of a 2-year tax-avoidance investigation into the Swiss giant's Zambian copper operation.

Forecast slump in gold prices to drive more mine sales, says the firm.

The plunge in iron-ore prices is damping profits at the firm’s mining unit.

But prediction of a rise above $100 a tonne in the "near future" may not be enough for smaller producers as the big three flood markets.